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Ohio State: Your Thoughts Can Harm Your Neck and Back During Lifting Tasks
May 26, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 26 (TNSjou) -- Ohio State University issued the following news:

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In lab, contradictory feedback linked to increased spine loading

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The mental distress of cognitive dissonance - encountering information that conflicts with how we act or what we believe - can lead to added pressure on the neck and low back during lifting and lowering tasks, new research suggests.

When study participants were told they we . . .

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