Effect of torso flexion on the lumbar torso extensor muscle sagittal plane moment arms

Spine Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 363-369

  Jorgensen, Michael J ^a   Marras, William S ^b   Gupta, Purnendu ^c   Waters, Thomas R ^d  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical modeling; Lumbar erector muscle mass; Moment arms; Open MRI; Torso flexion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT FUNCTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECUMBENCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE MOBILITY; TRUNK; BACK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0642310709     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(03)00140-2     Document Type: Article

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