Stability limits in extreme postures: Effects of load positioning, foot placement, and strength

Human Factors

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 456-468

  Holbein, Mary Ann ^a,b   Chaffin, Don B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE;

EID: 0031410946     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872097778827160     Document Type: Article

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