Weight lifting belt use patterns among a population of health club members

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 498-502

  Finnie, Steven B ^a   Wheeldon, Theresa J ^a   Hensrud, Donald D ^a   Dahm, Diane L ^a   Smith, Jay ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar support; Strength training; Weight belt; Weight training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAINING; WEIGHT BELT; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0141628458     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2003)017<0498:WLBUPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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