The Effects of Breath Control on Intra-Abdominal Pressure during Lifting Tasks

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 464-469

  Hagins, Marshall ^a   Pietrek, Markus ^b   Sheikhzadeh, Ali ^b   Nordin, Margareta ^b   Axen, Kenneth ^c  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breath control; Intra abdominal pressure; Lifting; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BREATHING EXERCISES; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; POSTURE; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; STOMACH; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 1142310588     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000092368.90019.D8     Document Type: Article

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