The development of an EMG-assisted model to assess spine loading during whole-body free-dynamic lifting

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 259-268

  Marras, William S ^a,b   Granata, Kevin P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back; Electromyography; Model; Spine

Indexed keywords

BACK; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE;

EID: 0030784574     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(97)00006-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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