Sudden loading during a dynamic lifting task: A simulation study

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 108-113

  Andersen, T Bull ^a,b   Simonsen, E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PATIENT MONITORING;

BACK PAIN; COMPRESSIVE FORCES; FORWARD DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SPINE;

HEALTH RISKS;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BACKACHE; COMPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NURSE; SIMULATION; SPINE MOBILITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOWER EXTREMITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 16244372045     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1835357     Document Type: Article

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