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Musculoskeletal injury: mechanics and control

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Title	Musculoskeletal injury: mechanics and control
Period	07 / 2002 - unknown
Status	Completed
Research number	OND1286682

Abstract

Convincing evidence exists for a causal relationship between biomechanical exposures and back problems. The Amsterdam Spine Unit therefore attempts to investigate the balance between physical loading as occurs for instance during work and the individual's capacity. It is hoped that this will provide insight into the determinants of damage to structures in the low back. A broad perspective is taken to obtain an integral view on the influence that different factors like skill, frequency of loading, and load magnitude have on the musculoskeletal system and especially on the lumbar spine.

Related organisations

Secretariat	Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences (VU)
Collaboration	Faculty of Human Movement Sciences (VU)

Related people

Researcher	Dr. D.A.C.M. Commissaris
Researcher	Dr. V. Hermans
Researcher	Dr. I. Kingma
Researcher	Dr. H.M. Toussaint
Project leader	Prof.dr. J.H. van Dieën

Classification

A73000	Primary health care and second-line health care
A78000	Occupational health care
D21100	Bioinformatics, biomathematics, biomechanics
D23210	Dermatology, venereology, rheumatology, orthopedics
D23230	Neurology, otorhinolaryngology, opthalmology
D25000	Kinesiology