The effects of a four-week muscle strengthening program on maximum acceptable lifting load

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-272

  Yeung, Simon S ^a   Chan, Michael C ^a   Leung, Draco C ^a   Ma, Mary S ^a   Tsang, Sharon Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Back injuries; Maximum lifting capacity; Muscle training; Physical training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0031793452     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023077702479     Document Type: Article

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