[HTML][HTML] Prolonged intermittent trunk flexion increases trunk muscles reflex gains and trunk stiffness

M Voglar, J Wamerdam, I Kingma, N Sarabon… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
… of prolonged, intermittent flexion on trunk neuromuscular … upper body support during flexion
were investigated. Twenty one … in humans indicated increased reflex gains following trunk

Creep deformation of the human trunk in response to prolonged and repetitive flexion: measuring and modeling the effect of external moment and flexion rate

N Toosizadeh, MA Nussbaum - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2013 - Springer
… As such, in vivo creep deformations of the human trunk to prolonged and repetitive flexion,
and the dependency of these responses to diverse loading magnitudes/rates, are still …

[HTML][HTML] Load-relaxation properties of the human trunk in response to prolonged flexion: measuring and modeling the effect of flexion angle

N Toosizadeh, MA Nussbaum, B Bazrgari… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
… in vivo in response to flexion exposures. Previous reports … the human trunk during prolonged
flexed postures. Load-relaxation responses were measured in vivo at several lumbar flexion

Disturbance and recovery of trunk stiffness and reflexive muscle responses following prolonged trunk flexion: influences of flexion angle and duration

B Hendershot, B Bazrgari, K Muslim, N Toosizadeh… - Clinical …, 2011 - Elsevier
… Experimental studies suggest that flexed working … trunk muscles. Yet, alterations and
recovery of the synergy between active and passive tissues following prolonged flexion in humans

Changes of lumbar posture and tissue loading during static trunk bending

F Alessa, X Ning - Human movement science, 2018 - Elsevier
… increased lumbar flexion and lumbar passive moment during the 40 s of trunk bending. …
compare to a fully flexed posture, however, with repetitive and/or prolonged task performance, …

Disturbance and recovery of trunk mechanical and neuromuscular behaviours following prolonged trunk flexion: influences of duration and external load on creep …

B Bazrgari, B Hendershot, K Muslim, N Toosizadeh… - Ergonomics, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Full article: Disturbance and recovery of trunk mechanical and neuromuscular behaviours
following prolonged trunk flexion: influences of duration and external load on creep-induced …

Disturbance and recovery of trunk mechanical and neuromuscular behaviors following repeated static trunk flexion: influences of duration and duty cycle on creep …

K Muslim, B Bazrgari, B Hendershot, N Toosizadeh… - Applied ergonomics, 2013 - Elsevier
… work by others, suggest that both prolonged and repeated static trunk flexion results in creep
deformation of trunk viscoelastic tissues in humans. As a result of this deformation, intrinsic …

Comparison of trunk muscle reflex activation patterns between active and passive trunk flexion–extension loading conditions

MW Olson - Human movement science, 2014 - Elsevier
… of trunk flexion–extension loading on the neuromuscular reflexive latencies and amplitude
responses of the trunkHuman in vivo studies indicate prolonged trunk flexion adversely …

Prolonged trunk flexion can increase spine loads during a subsequent lifting task: An investigation of the effects of trunk flexion duration and angle using a sagittally …

N Toosizadeh, MA Nussbaum - Journal of Musculoskeletal …, 2013 - World Scientific
… Load-relaxation of the human trunk following prolonged flexion has been observed earlier,
yet the adverse effects of such viscoelastic behaviors on performing demanding tasks (eg …

Effects of prolonged sitting on the passive flexion stiffness of the in vivo lumbar spine

TAC Beach, RJ Parkinson, JP Stothart, JP Callaghan - The Spine Journal, 2005 - Elsevier
… (2 hours) sitting and link any observed changes in PFS with lumbar postures and activation
patterns of the trunk extensor musculature measured during sitting. A secondary objective …