Postural changes due to fatigue

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 491-494

  Resnick, Marc ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Energy expenditure; Fatigue; Lifting strategies

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; JOB ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

BIOMECHANICAL STRESS; HEART RATE; LIFTING STRATEGIES; MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE WEIGHT OF LIFT; POSTURE;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0030270190     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-8352(96)00182-9     Document Type: Article

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