Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 877-885 , October 2007

The role of quadratus lumborum asymmetry in the occurrence of lesions in the lumbar vertebrae of cricket fast bowlers

  • Hans de Visser

      Affiliations

    • School of Engineering Systems & Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Engineering Systems & Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel.: +61 7 3138 1377; fax: +61 7 3138 8381.
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  • Clayton J. Adam

      Affiliations

    • School of Engineering Systems & Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • Stuart Crozier

      Affiliations

    • School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • Mark J. Pearcy

      Affiliations

    • School of Engineering Systems & Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Received 3 March 2006 ,Revised 19 September 2006 ,Accepted 19 September 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00193-7

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.09.010

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 877-885 , October 2007

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