Change in spine height measurements following sustained mid-range and end-range flexion of the lumbar spine

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 331-336

  Gerke, Dale A ^a   Brismée, Jean Michel ^b   Sizer, Phillip S ^b   Dedrick, Gregory S ^b   James, C Roger ^b  

^a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydration; Intervertebral disc; Sidelying; Spine; Stadiometer

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

CLINICAL SETTINGS; HEIGHT MEASUREMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; SIDELYING; SITTING POSITIONS; SPINE; STADIOMETER;

HYDRATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; END RANGE FLEXION; FEMALE; GENERAL MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MID RANGE FLEXION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SIDELYING POSITION; SITTING; SPINE HEIGHT CHANGE; STADIOMETER;

EID: 78349308922     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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