Back muscle response to sudden trunk loading can be modified by training among healthcare workers

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1454-1460

  Pedersen, Mogens Theisen ^a,b   Essendrop, Morten ^b   Skotte, Jørgen H ^b   Jørgensen, Kurt ^a   Schibye, Bente ^b   Fallentin, Nils ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Electromyography; Exercise; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; TRUNK;

ADULT; BACK; BACK PAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34249885602     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318060a5a7     Document Type: Article

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