Loading along the lumbar spine as influence by speed, control, load magnitude, and handle height during pushing

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-163

  Marras, William S ^a   Knapik, Gregory G ^a   Ferguson, Sue ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coactivation; Ergonomics; Low back disorders; Low back pain; Occupational biomechanics; Risk factors; Spine biomechanics

Indexed keywords

COACTIVATION; LOW BACK DISORDERS; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL BIOMECHANICS; RISK FACTORS; SPINE BIOMECHANICS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; EMPLOYMENT; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICS; MUSCLE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ARM; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 58649104892     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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