The role of load magnitude as a modifier of the cumulative load tolerance of porcine cervical spinal units: Progress towards a force weighting approach

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-184

  Parkinson, Robert J ^a   Callaghan, Jack P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cumulative loading; Load magnitude; Spine; Weighting factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007877493     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220500093160     Document Type: Article

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