Estimation of trunk muscle parameters for a biomechanical model by age, height and weight

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-201

  Seo, Akihiko ^a   Lee, Joon Hee ^b   Kusaka, Yukinori ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biomechanical model; Cross sectional area; Low back pain; Moment arm length

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPINE POSITION;

RECTUS;

EID: 0042472822     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.45.197     Document Type: Article

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