Spinal loading during manual materials handling in a kneeling posture

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-34

  Splittstoesser, Riley E ^a   Yang, Gang ^a   Knapik, Greg G ^a   Trippany, David R ^a   Hoyle, Jeff A ^a   Lahoti, Parul ^a   Korkmaz, Sahika Vatan ^a   Sommerich, Carolyn M ^a   Lavender, Steven A ^a   Marras, William S ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical modeling; Electromyography; Kneeling; Restricted posture; Spine loading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SPINE; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33750969069     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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