Effect of wearing a lumbar orthosis on trunk muscles: Study of the muscle strength after 21 days of use on healthy subjects

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-63

  Fayolle Minon, Isabelle ^a   Calmels, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Endurance; Isokinetic evaluation; Spine; Trunk extensors; Trunk flexors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BACK; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37749034604     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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