Sitting on a chair or an exercise ball: Various perspectives to guide decision making

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-360

  McGill, S M ^a   Kavcic, N S ^a   Harvey, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gym balls; Low back; Lumbar; Sitting

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; LUMBAR; SPINE LOADS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PRESSURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33244459417     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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