Spine loading at different lumbar levels during pushing and pulling

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-70

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

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical modelling; Electromyography; Push and pull; Spinal loading

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; BIOMECHANICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICAL MODELLING; BODY WEIGHT; CO-CONTRACTION; COMPLEX MOTION; COMPRESSIVE LOADS; LOAD MAGNITUDE; LOW BACK; LUMBAR SPINES; POTENTIAL RISKS; PULL TASKS; PULLING LOADS; SHEAR LOADS; SPINAL LOADING; SPINE LOADING;

BIOMECHANICS; COILED TUBING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; PLANT LAYOUT;

LOADING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; SHEAR STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING; COHORT ANALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SPINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149167587     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802480828     Document Type: Article

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