Biomechanical evaluation of exoskeleton use on loading of the lumbar spine

2017/11/14 by Eric B. Weston, Mina Alizadeh, Gregory G. Knapik +2 · 20 citations
Medicine · Psychology · #Anatomy #Biomechanics #Electromyography #Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders #Exoskeleton #Lumbar #Lumbar spine #Medicine #Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation #Physical medicine and rehabilitation #Physical therapy #Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology #Surgery #Torso #Trunk

paper · doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2017.11.006

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