What does a backrest actually do to the lumbar spine?

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 533-542

  Bendix, Tom ^a   Poulsen, Vibeke ^b   Klausen, Klaus ^b   Jensen, Claus V ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Ergonomics; Lumbar spine; Occupational health; Sitting

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; TISSUE;

BACKREST; LUMBAR SPINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SITTING;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SITTING;

EID: 0030131001     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964479     Document Type: Article

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