Intra-abdominal pressure increases stiffness of the lumbar spine

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1873-1880

  Hodges, Paul W ^a,b,c   Eriksson, A E Martin ^d   Shirley, Debra ^e   Gandevia, Simon C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Intra abdominal pressure; Spinal stiffness; Trunk control

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIAPHRAGMS; ELECTRODES; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

FORCE-DISPLACEMENT CURVES; INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE (IAP); LUMBAR SPINE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 22044440470     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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