Effect of a stiff lifting belt on spine compression during lifting

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Kingma, Idsart ^a   Faber, Gert S ^a   Suwarganda, Edin K ^a   Bruijnen, Tom B M ^b   Peters, Rob J A ^c   Van Dieën, Jaap H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Sportquest   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intraabdominal pressure; Lifting; Spine compression

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LIFTING BELT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SPINE; WEIGHT LIFTING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33750297580     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000240670.50834.77     Document Type: Article

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