Loading of cervical spine during isometric overhead exertions

IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2010 Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nimbarte, Ashish D ^a   Unnikrishnan, Avinash ^a   Aghazadeh, Fereydoun ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE;

BIO-MECHANICAL MODELS; CERVICAL SPINE; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; NECK MUSCLES; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; UPPER BODIES;

LOADING;

EID: 84901008648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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