Analysis of loads on the lumbar spine

Schultz, Albert B.; Andersson, Gunnar B. J.

Affiliations

¹Department of Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, Illinois

²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery I, Sahlgren Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Abstract and keywords

This paper presents procedures to calculate the loads on the lumbar spine and the contraction forces in the trunk muscles that are likely to be produced by given physical activities.

Keywords: low-back pain; spinal loading; internal forces

Links

DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198101000-00017

PubMed: 7209677

WoS: A1981LE55700014

History

Accepted: 1980-05-05

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