Effects of low back disability status on lower back discomfort during sustained and cyclical trunk flexion

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-233

  Keyserling, W Monroe ^a   Sudarsan, S P ^a   Martin, B J ^a   Haig, A J ^a   Armstrong, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Disability; Trunk flexion

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN (CRLBP); LOW BACK DISABILITY; TOTAL ENDURANCE TIME (TET); TRUNK FLEXION;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TRUNK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECURRENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 16844365355     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013042000327689     Document Type: Article

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