Adaptation of the lumbar spine to different positions in bicycle racing

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1965-1969

  Usabiaga, Jaime ^a   Crespo, Ricardo ^a   Iza, Ion ^a   Aramendi, José ^b   Terrados, Nicolas ^b   Poza, Juan José ^a  

^a Hospital Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu   (Spain)

^b ONCE Pro cycling Team   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Biomechanics; Lower back; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031418783     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199709010-00004     Document Type: Article

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