The effect of axial load on the sagittal plane curvature of the upright human spine in vivo

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2850-2854

  Meakin, Judith R ^a   Smith, Francis W ^a   Gilbert, Fiona J ^a   Aspden, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active shape model; Load bearing; Positional MRI; Spine

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SHAPE MODEL; LOAD BEARING; POSITIONAL MRI; SPINE; UNDER LOAD;

LOADS (FORCES);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; SPINE INJURY; STANDING; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51049097011     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.06.035     Document Type: Article

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