Three different lifting strategies for controlling the motion patterns of the external load

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 928-939

  Hsiang, Simon M ^a   McGorry, Raymond W ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical simulation; Lifting techniques; Low back pain; Motion patterns; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OPTIMIZATION;

LOW BACK PAIN (LBP); MOTION PATTERNS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPRESSION; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE;

BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LIFTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031239143     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397187757     Document Type: Article

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