A biomechanical model for estimating loads on thoracic and lumbar vertebrae

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 853-858

  Iyer, Sravisht ^a,b   Christiansen, Blaine A ^b,c   Roberts, Benjamin J ^b   Valentine, Michael J ^b   Manoharan, Rajaram K ^b   Bouxsein, Mary L ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Back injury; Biomechanical model; Muscle activation; Spine

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADS; BACK INJURIES; BIOMECHANICAL MODEL; COMMONLY USED; COMPRESSIVE FORCES; CURRENT MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IN-VIVO; LATERAL MOMENTS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINES; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MODEL PREDICTION; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; QUASI-STATIC; QUASI-STATIC LOADING; SPINAL LOADING; SPINAL LOADS; SPINE; THORACIC SPINE; TRUNK MUSCLE ACTIVITY;

BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STIFFNESS;

LOADS (FORCES);

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT PRESSURE; LIFTING EFFORT; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE MOBILITY; STERNUM; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBS; SPINE; STERNUM; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77957334885     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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