Trunk kinematics of one-handed lifting, and the effects of asymmetry and load weight

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 322-334

  Gary Allread, W ^a   Marras, William S ^a   Parnianpour, Mohamad ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Lifting; Manual materials handling; Trunk kinematics

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECELERATION; ERGONOMICS; GONIOMETRY; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TRUNK; WEIGHT; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0029969218     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964462     Document Type: Article

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