Low back loads while walking and carrying: Comparing the load carried in one hand or in both hands

Ergonomics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 293-302

  McGill, Stuart M ^a   Marshall, Leigh ^a   Andersen, Jordan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

carrying; electromyography; load carriage; spine loads

Indexed keywords

BALANCING LOADS; CARRYING; CARRYING LOAD; DETAILED MODELS; KINEMATIC DATA; LOAD CARRIAGE; LOW BACK LOAD; SPINE LOADS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LOADING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LOADS (FORCES);

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; BACK MUSCLES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; POSTURE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876294625     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2012.752528     Document Type: Article

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