Postural perturbation and muscular response following sudden release during symmetric squat and stoop lifting

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 591-607

  Chow, Daniel H K ^a   Cheng, Irene Y W ^a   Holmes, Andrew D ^a   Evans, John H ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centre of pressure motion; Electromyograhy; Squat lift; Stoop lift; Sudden release

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WEIGHING;

LIFTING POSTURE; POSTURAL DISTURBANCES; SQUAT; STOOP LIFTING;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; LIFTING EFFORT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RECORDING; RESPONSE TIME; TRUNK; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 21844441170     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500071002     Document Type: Article

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