Can low back loading during lifting be reduced by placing one leg beside the object to be lifted?

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1091-1105

  Kingma, Idsart ^a   Faber, Gert S ^a   Bakker, Anja J M ^a,b   Van Dieën, Jaap H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Royal Dutch Army Health Services

Author keywords

Back injuries; Biomechanics; Ergonomics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 33746590742     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/86.8.1091     Document Type: Article

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