Effects of antagonistic co-contraction on differences between electromyography based and optimization based estimates of spinal forces

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-426

  van Dieen J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intermuscular coordination; Load sharing; Spine; Trunk muscles

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

COST FUNCTIONS; SHEAR FORCES; SPINAL FORCES; SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MASS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; SPINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 17244380409     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130512331332918     Document Type: Article

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