Trunk strength in combined motions of rotation and flexion/extension in normal young adults

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 835-852

  Kumar, Shrawan ^a   Narayan, Yogesh ^a   Zedka, Milan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional rotation; Low back injury; Strength; Trunk rotation; Trunk torque

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

BACK INJURIES; ISOKINETIC TASK; ISOMETRIC TASK; POSTURE; TRUNK ROTATION FLEXION; TRUNK STRENGTH;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ROTATION; TORQUE; TRUNK;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TORQUE;

EID: 0032101121     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398186676     Document Type: Article

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