Disturbance and recovery of trunk mechanical and neuromuscular behaviors following repeated static trunk flexion: Influences of duration and duty cycle on creep-induced effects

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 643-651

  Muslim, Khoirul ^a   Bazrgari, Babak ^b   Hendershot, Brad ^c   Toosizadeh, Nima ^a   Nussbaum, Maury A ^a,c   Madigan, Michael L ^c  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Creep deformation; Gender; Low back pain; Reflex; Stiffness; Trunk flexion

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CREEP; STIFFNESS;

CREEP DEFORMATIONS; GENDER; LOW BACK PAIN; REFLEX; TRUNK FLEXION;

RECOVERY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE REFLEX; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGIDITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUNK;

EID: 84875106288     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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