Does prolonged seated deskwork alter the lumbar flexion relaxation phenomenon?

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 587-593

  Howarth, Samuel J ^a   Glisic, Drazen ^b   Lee, Joyce G B ^a   Beach, Tyson A C ^b  

^a CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Injury; Office ergonomics; Spine; Viscoelastic creep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FLEXION RELAXATION PHENOMENON; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LUMBAR ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; MYOELECTRICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATED OFFICE DESKWORK; SIMULATION; SITTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE FLEXION; VISCOELASTICITY; WORK; WORKING TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRONE POSITION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876959537     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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