Cyclic load magnitude is a risk factor for a cumulative lower back disorder

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-387

  Le, Peter ^b   Solomonow, Moshe ^a   Zhou, Bing He ^a   Lu, Yun ^a   Patel, Vikas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

FELIDAE;

EID: 34247212268     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318046eb0b     Document Type: Article

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