The role of quadratus lumborum asymmetry in the occurrence of lesions in the lumbar vertebrae of cricket fast bowlers

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 877-885

  de Visser, Hans ^a   Adam, Clayton J ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^b   Pearcy, Mark J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cricket fast bowlers; Finite element modelling; Fractures; Lumbar spine; Musculoskeletal modelling; Pars interarticularis; Quadratus lumborum asymmetry

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRICKET FAST BOWLERS; LUMBAR SPINE; QUADRATUS LUMBORUM (QL) MUSCLE; STRESS FRACTURES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE STRESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRATUS LUMBORUM MUSCLE; SPINE INJURY; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BACK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34250180231     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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