Do flexion/extension postures affect the in vivo passive lumbar spine response to applied axial twist moments?

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 510-519

  Drake, Janessa D M ^a   Callaghan, Jack P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axial twist; Coupled motion; Lumbar spine; Rotational injury; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

AXIAL TWIST; COUPLED MOTION; LUMBAR SPINE; ROTATIONAL INJURY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWIST MOTION;

ADULT; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE;

EID: 44349114477     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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