Clinical tools to quantify torso flexion endurance: Normative data from student and firefighter populations

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-61

  McGill, Stuart ^a   Belore, Melanie ^a   Crosby, Ian ^b   Russell, Caryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Calgary Fire Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back pain; Endurance; Muscle testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949514608     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/OER-2010-0181     Document Type: Article

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