Possible harmful effects of high intra-abdominal pressure on the pelvic girdle

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 627-635

  Mens, Jan ^a   Hoek Van Dijke, Gilbert ^a   Pool Goudzwaard, Annelies ^a   Van Der Hulst, Victor ^a   Stam, Henk ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Intra abdominal pressure; Low back pain; Pelvic bones

Indexed keywords

LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; STRAIN;

INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE (IAP); LOW BACK PAIN; PELVIC BONES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EFFECT SIZE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK CAPACITY;

ABDOMEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 31344466555     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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