Lumbar erector spinae oxygenation during prolonged contractions: Implications for prolonged work

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 486-493

  McGill, Stuart M ^a   Hughson, Richard L ^a   Parks, Kellie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Low back; Lumbar; Muscle; Prolonged work

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE OXYGENATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; ERGONOMICS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; TISSUE OXYGENATION; WORKER;

EID: 0033994030     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401300184369     Document Type: Article

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