Knee flexion and base of support in asymmetrical handling: Effects on the worker's dynamic stability and the moments of the L5/S1 and knee joints

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 506-514

  Delisle, Alain ^a   Gagnon, Micheline ^b   Desjardins, Pierre ^b  

^a Inst de Recherche en Sante   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; EFFECTS;

KNEE FLEXION; WORKER DYNAMIC STABILITY;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032189058     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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