Effect of back belt on inter-joint coordination and postural index

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 219-233

  Nimbarte, Ashish D ^a   Aghazadeh, Fereydoun ^a,b   Harvey, Craig M ^a  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back belt; Biomechanics; Interjoint coordination; Kinematic relationship; Postural index

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449083820     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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