Determination of the in vivo loading of the lumbar spine with a new approach directly at the workplace - First results for nurses

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 549-558

  Morlock, M M ^a   Bonin, V ^a   Deuretzbacher, G ^b   Muller G ^c   Honl, M ^c   Schneider, E ^d  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^d AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Load measurement; Low back pain; Modelling; Work related disability; Workplace loading

Indexed keywords

LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOADING TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0034308343     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(00)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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