Trunk muscle use during pulling tasks: Effects of a lifting belt and footing conditions

Human Factors

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 159-172

  Lavender, Steven A ^a   Chen, Sung Hsiung ^b   Li, Yi Chun ^c   Andersson, Gunnar B J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kaohsiung Medical Center   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

MUSCLE RECRUITMENT LEVELS; PULLING STRENGTH; TRUNK MUSCLES;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NORMAL HUMAN; TRUNK; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0032032807     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872098779480631     Document Type: Article

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