Anterior thoracic posture increases thoracolumbar disc loading

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-242

  Harrison, Deed E ^a   Colloca, Christopher J ^b,c   Harrison, Donald D ^d   Janik, Tadeusz J ^e   Haas, Jason W ^f   Keller, Tony S ^g  

^a Ruby Mountain Chiropractic Center   (United States)

^b State of the Art Chiropractic Center   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^e Compl Math Research Consultant ^*  (United States)

^f Clin Biomech Posture of Colorado   (United States)

^g University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Intervertebral disc; Posture; Sagittal alignment; Spinal load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORAX; VERTEBRA BODY;

BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CURVATURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 17744386711     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0734-0     Document Type: Article

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