Handgrip and box tilting strategies in handling: Effect on stability and trunk and knee efforts

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-118

  Delisle, Alain ^a   Gagnon, Micheline ^a   Desjardins, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Box tilts; Handgrip; Knees; Low back; Manual handling; Stability; Tridimensional reaction moments

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; ERGONOMICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STABILITY;

BOX TILTS; HANDGRIP; KNEES; LOW BACK; MANUAL HANDLING; TRIDIMENSIONAL REACTION MOMENTS;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NORMAL HUMAN; TILTING; TRUNK;

EID: 0029806468     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.1996.11076340     Document Type: Article

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