Relative contribution of trunk muscles to the stability of the lumbar spine during isometric exertions

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-105

  Cholewicki, Jacek ^a   VanVliet Iv, James J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Muscles; Spine stability

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

LUMBAR SPINE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRUNK; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINE;

EID: 0036155364     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(01)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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