Trunk stiffness increases with steady-state effort

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 457-463

  Gardner Morse, Mack G ^a   Stokes, Ian A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Lumbar spine; Muscles; Stability; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0035107024     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(00)00226-8     Document Type: Article

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