Sarcomere length organization as a design for cooperative function amongst all lumbar spine muscles

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3087-3093

  Zwambag, Derek P ^a   Ricketts, T Alexander ^a   Brown, Stephen H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lumbar muscles; Operating ranges; Sarcomere length; Spine

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING;

FORCE LENGTH RELATIONSHIPS; INTERVERTEBRAL JOINTS; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; LASER DIFFRACTIONS; OPERATING RANGES; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SPINE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

MUSCLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CADAVER; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERTRANSVERSARII MUSCLE; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; LASER DIFFRACTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREDICTION; PSOAS MUSCLE; QUADRATUS LUMBORUM; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE MUSCLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOMERE;

AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PSOAS MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SARCOMERES;

EID: 84908059777     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.06.030     Document Type: Article

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