Effects of slouching and muscle contraction on the strain of the iliolumbar ligament

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-333

  Snijders, Chris J ^a   Hermans, Paul F G ^a   Niesing, Ruud ^a   Jan Kleinrensink, Gert ^a   Pool Goudzwaard, Annelies ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Iliolumbar ligament; Low back pain; Multifidus muscle; Pelvic floor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SACRUM; SPINE INSTABILITY;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 45249083861     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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