Sudden and unexpected loading generates high forces on the lumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 842-852

  Mannion, Anne F ^a   Adams, Michael A ^b   Dolan, Patricia ^b  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Bending moment; Compressive force; Erector spinae; Lumbar spine; Sudden loading

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POSTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034003632     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200004010-00013     Document Type: Article

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