Effects of external trunk loads on lumbar spine stability

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1377-1385

  Cholewicki, Jacek ^a   Simons, Adam P D ^a   Radebold, Andrea ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Modeling; Stability; Sudden loading

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; KINEMATICS;

LUMBAR SPINE STABILITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPINE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0034333745     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(00)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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