Studies of spinal shrinkage to evaluate low-back loading in the workplace

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 92-102

  McGill, S M ^a   Van Wijk, M J ^b   Axler, C T ^a   Gletsu, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Low back load; Spinal loading; Spinal shrinkage (stadiometry)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SITTING; SPINE; STANDING; TECHNIQUE; TIME; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029921546     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964436     Document Type: Article

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