The effect of back belt use on isometric lifting force and fatigue of the lumbar paraspinal muscles

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2104-2109

  Majkowski, Guy R ^a,b   Jovag, Brian W ^a   Taylor, Brian T ^a   Taylor, M Scott ^a   Allison, Stephen C ^a   Stetts, Deborah M ^a   Clayton, Roderick L ^a  

^a US Army Baylor Grad Prog P   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fatigue; Isometric contraction; Low back pain; Lumbar; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BACK MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFTING EFFORT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0032190971     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199810010-00013     Document Type: Article

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