title: Does a back support have a positive biomechanical effect?
abstract: Back supports, or lifting belts, are widely used. Subjects, free of low back pain, lifted in a simulated task, meeting the 1993 NIOSH guidelines. The back support reduced the electromyographic signal in the dorsal muscles. The back support also reduced the height loss as measured by a stadiometer. In most subjects the support also gave a subjective impression of increased support and increased lifting capacity.
authors.affiliation: Iowa Spine Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magnusson
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hansson