All abdominal muscles must be considered when evaluating the intra-abdominal pressure contribution to trunk extensor moment and spinal loading (multiple letters)

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 953-954

  Cholewicki, Jacek ^a   Reeves, N Peter ^a   Daggfeldt, Karl ^b,c   Thorstensson, Alf ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSITION; COMPRESSION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; LETTER; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

EID: 1942477631     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2003.09.021     Document Type: Letter

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