Development and application of predictive equations of maximal static moments generated by the trunk musculature

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 314-324

  Gravel, D ^a   Gagnon, M ^b   Plamondon, A ^b,c   Desjardins, P ^b  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forward bending; Muscle strength; Three dimensional analysis; Trunk asymmetry; Trunk axial rotators; Trunk extensors; Trunk lateral flexors

Indexed keywords

MAXIMAL STATIC MOMENTS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYNOMIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRUNK;

EID: 0031193534     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(97)00001-6     Document Type: Article

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