Increase of load-carrying capacity under follower load generated by trunk muscles in lumbar spine

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-235

  Kim, Kyungsoo ^a   Kim, Yoon Hyuk ^b   Lee, SuKyoung ^c  

^a National Institute for Mathematical Sciences   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Follower load; Load carrying capacity; Lumbar spine; Optimization techique; Trunk muscle force

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION;

FOLLOWER LOAD; LOAD-CARRYING CAPACITY; LUMBAR SPINE; TRUNK MUSCLE FORCE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34247552297     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM229     Document Type: Article

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