Sagittal plane moment arms of the female lumbar region rectus abdominis in an upright neutral torso posture

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 242-246

  Jorgensen, Michael J ^a   Marras, William S ^b   Smith, Francis W ^c   Pope, Malcolm H ^d  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanical modeling; Moment arms; Positional MRI; Rectus abdominis; Torso

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PROSTHETICS;

ABDOMINIS; BIOMECHANICAL MODELS; LUMBAR; SAGITTAL PLANE MOMENT ARMS;

BONE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RECUMBENCY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTURE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SUPINE POSITION; TORQUE;

EID: 13844255179     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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