The effect of stance width on trunk kinematics and trunk kinetics during sagitally symmetric lifting

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Sorensen, Christopher J ^a   Haddad, Omid ^a   Campbell, Samuel ^a   Mirka, Gary A ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Lifting stance; Low back injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINIS; ERECTOR SPINAE; LIFTING STANCE; LIFTING TECHNIQUES; LOAD LEVELS; LOW BACK DISORDER; LOW BACK INJURY; LOWER EXTREMITY; LUMBAR MOTION MONITOR; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE COACTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PEAK ACCELERATION; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SAGITTAL PLANE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPINE LOADING; TRUNK KINEMATICS; TRUNK MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS; WIDTH EFFECTS;

BIOMECHANICS; ERGONOMICS; KINEMATICS;

MUSCLE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LIFTING EFFORT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; STANDING; TRUNK; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79951508147     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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