Dynamic biomechanical modelling of symmetric and asymmetric lifting tasks in restricted postures

Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 1289-1310

  Gallagher, Sean ^a   Hamrick, Christopher A ^a   Love, Arnold C ^b   Marras, William S ^c  

^a US Bureau of Mines   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric lifting; Biomechanical modeling; Electromyography; Manual materials handling; Posture; Symmetric lifting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFTING EFFORT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFTING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0027956029     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139408964909     Document Type: Article

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