Comparison of trunk stiffness provided by different design characteristics of lumbosacral orthoses

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-114

  Cholewicki, Jacek ^a   Lee, Angela S ^a   Peter Reeves, N ^a   Morrisette, David C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal belts; Low back pain; Lumbar spine; Stability

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BELT; CLASS I; DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LATERAL BENDING; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINES; MEDICAL DEVICES; ORTHOSES; ORTHOSIS; TRUNK FLEXION; TRUNK MOTIONS;

DAMPING; ORTHOTICS;

STIFFNESS;

NEOPRENE; NYLON; POLYESTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL ORTHOSIS; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; TRUNK; TRUNK STIFFNESS;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BACK; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SACRUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74149091054     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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