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This study therefore aimed at comparing lumbar loads among different lifting styles using a comprehensive state-of-the-art motion capture-driven musculoskeletal modeling approach. Thirty healthy pain-free individuals were enrolled in this study and asked to repetitively lift a 15\u00a0kg-box by applying 1) a freestyle, 2) a squat and 3) a stoop lifting technique. Whole-body kinematics were recorded using a 16-camera optical motion capture system and used to drive a full-body musculoskeletal model including a detailed thoracolumbar spine. Continuous as well as peak compressive, anterior-posterior shear and total loads (resultant load vector of the compressive and shear load vectors) were calculated based on a static optimization approach and expressed as factor body weight (BW). In addition, lumbar lordosis angles and total lifting time were calculated. All parameters were compared among the lifting styles using a repeated measures design. For each lifting style, loads increased towards the caudal end of the lumbar spine. For all lumbar segments, stoop lifting showed significantly lower compressive and total loads (\u22120.3 to \u22121.0BW) when compared to freestyle and squat lifting. Stoop lifting produced higher shear loads (+0.1 to +0.8BW) in the segments T12\/L1 to L4\/L5, but lower loads in L5\/S1 (\u22120.2 to \u22120.4BW). Peak compressive and total loads during squat lifting occurred approximately 30% earlier in the lifting cycle compared to stoop lifting. Stoop lifting showed larger lumbar lordosis range of motion (35.9 \u00b1 10.1\u00b0) than freestyle (24.2 \u00b1 7.3\u00b0) and squat (25.1 \u00b1 8.2\u00b0) lifting. Lifting time differed significantly with freestyle being executed the fastest (4.6 \u00b1 0.7\u00a0s), followed by squat (4.9 \u00b1 0.7\u00a0s) and stoop (5.9 \u00b1 1.1\u00a0s). Stoop lifting produced lower total and compressive lumbar loads than squat lifting. Shear loads were generally higher during stoop lifting, except for the L5\/S1 segment, where anterior shear loads were higher during squat lifting. 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