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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"spine loading"”.
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Investigation of spine loading to understand vertebral fractures
… strength, little is known about the in vivo loading of the spine that may contribute to vertebral fracture. Prior efforts to understand the possible contribution of spine mechanics to vertebral fractures have been limited by the inability to accurately assess in vivo spinal loading, …
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Carrying and Loading of the Spine
The risk that carrying poses for the spine has not yet been fully explored. Previous studies have either examined carrying’s effect on physiologic measures or have examined vary narrow sections of the spine using biomechanical models. Additionally, most studies have tested a limited selection of …
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Musculoskeletal Modeling of Back-Support Exoskeletons: Comparative Evaluation of Spine Loads, Muscle Activity, and Optimization Strategies
… ergonomic intervention to reduce spinal loading during lifting tasks. While prior studies indicate reductions in trunk muscle activity with BSE use, experimental evaluations were often limited by constraints on measuring muscle activity via surface electromyography. Optimization-based …
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Biomechanical Analysis and Modeling of Back-Support Exoskeletons for Use in Repetitive Lifting Tasks
… LBP risk, by reducing muscular exertion and spine loading. The purpose of this work was to help better understand both the "intended" and "unintended" consequences of BSE use on physical risk factors for LBP, as an essential prerequisite for the safe and effective implementation of this …
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Trunk loading and back pain
… Stabilising the trunk during sudden, repetitive loading in everyday tasks, as well as during performance is important in order to protect against injury. Hence, reduced trunk stability is accepted as a risk factor for the development of back pain (BP). An altered activity pattern including …
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Influence of Prolonged Sitting and Psychosocial Stress on Lumbar Spine Kinematics, Kinetics, Discomfort, and Muscle Fatigue
… variations on spinal structure and spinal loading. Adverse effects of muscle fatigue on low back pain are well documented, yet the specific relationship between muscle fatigue and sitting-related low back pain are not fully established. In addition to these fundamental limitations in our …
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Development of a Mobility-Enabling Spinal Orthosis and Methods for Evaluating and Developing Spinal Orthoses on a Robotic Platform
… emulate the “buoyancy” of water therapy by offloading upper torso load to the pelvic girdle as a treatment for lower back pain (LBP). Unfortunately, the beneficial upward force they apply on the upper torso typically makes it difficult or impossible for the patient to bend. For those cases …