Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 485-491 , 10 February 2010

A comparative study of two trunk biomechanical models under symmetric and asymmetric loadings

  • N. Arjmand

      Affiliations

    • Division of Applied Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montreal, P.O. Box 6079, Station ‘centre-ville’, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3A7
    • Institut de recherche Robert Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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  • D. Gagnon

      Affiliations

    • Faculté d’éducation physique et sportive, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • A. Plamondon

      Affiliations

    • Institut de recherche Robert Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • A. Shirazi-Adl

      Affiliations

    • Division of Applied Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montreal, P.O. Box 6079, Station ‘centre-ville’, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3A7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +15143404711x4129; fax: +15143404176.
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  • C. Larivière

      Affiliations

    • Institut de recherche Robert Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail, Montréal, Québec, Canada

,Accepted 28 September 2009.

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PII: S0021-9290(09)00551-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.09.032

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 485-491 , 10 February 2010

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