Lifting an unexpectedly heavy object: The effects on low-back loading and balance loss

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 469-477

  Van Der Burg, J C E ^a   Van Dieen J H ^a   Toussaint, H M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lifting; Movement control; Muscle activation; Spinal load; Unexpectedly heavy mass

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

BALANCE LOSS; LOW BACK LOADING; MOVEMENT CONTROL; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; SPINAL LOAD;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION DISORDERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034024924     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(99)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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