Spinal shrinkage during work in a sitting posture compared to work in a standing posture

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 409-418

  Leivseth, G ^a   Drerup, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SHRINKAGE; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

SPINAL SHRINKAGE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STANDING; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TORSION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031253615     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(97)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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