Effect of obesity on posture and hip joint moments during a standing task, and trunk forward flexion motion

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-271

  Gilleard, W ^a   Smith, T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Moments; Posture; Trunk flexion; Work task

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBESITY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SITTING; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TRUNK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; OBESITY; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33846631328     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803430     Document Type: Article

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