Constraining spine stability levels in an optimization model leads to the prediction of trunk muscle cocontraction and improved spine compression force estimates

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 745-754

  Brown, Stephen H M ^a   Potvin, Jim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antagonist muscle activity; Co activation; Optimization model; Spine stability

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INTERVERTEBRAL FORCES; MUSCULAR ACTIVATION; SPINE LOADING; SPINE STABILITY;

BONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 13844269106     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

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