Effect of time of day on the vertical spinal creep response

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Puntumetakul, Rungthip ^a   Trott, Patricia ^a   Williams, Marie ^a   Fulton, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Spinal creep; Stadiometer

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

CREEP RESPONSE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EFFECT OF TIME; MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL; OUTCOME MEASURES; PRELOADING; STADIOMETER; TIME OF DAY;

CREEP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEIGHT LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; SITTING; SPINE; STADIOMETER; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL SPINE CREEP; VOLUNTEER; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 51349145587     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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