Knee movement strategies differentiate expert from novice workers in asymmetrical manual materials handling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1445-1453

  Gagnon, Micheline ^a   Plamondon, André ^b   Gravel, Denis ^a   Lortie, Monique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expertise; Knees; Low back; Manual handling; Three dimensional reaction moments

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CAMERAS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MIRRORS; PERSONNEL; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRACKLESS TROLLEYS;

KNEE EXCURSION; KNEE FLEXION; KNEE MOVEMENT; NOVICE WORKERS; SKILLED WORKERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL REACTION MOMENTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CAMERA; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MATERIALS HANDLING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK;

EID: 0030296090     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(96)84540-4     Document Type: Article

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