Influences of the position of the head on posture while lifting

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 163-168

  Ishida, H ^a   Watanabe, S ^b   Eguchi, A ^b   Kobara, K ^b  

^a Shukumo Clinic   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Lifting, head position; Posture; Spine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HEAD POSITION; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE; LIFTING EFFORT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; JOINTS; LIFTING; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 44649165115     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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