Time dependent spine stability: The wise old man and the six blind elephants

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-228

  Solomonow, Moshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creep; EMG; Neutral zones; Spine; Stability

Indexed keywords

CO-ACTIVATION; EMG; EXTERNAL LOADS; IN-VIVO; INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURES; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUTRAL ZONES; POTENTIAL ERRORS; RELEVANT COMPONENTS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SINGLE COMPONENTS; SPINE; SPINE STABILITY; STABILITY ASSESSMENT; TIME DEPENDENT; TIME VARIABLE;

CREEP; SYSTEM STABILITY; TISSUE;

HISTOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE; LOADING TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; REVIEW; SPINE INSTABILITY; TIME; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; SPINE;

EID: 79952699057     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.10.010     Document Type: Review

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