Pushing and pulling in relation to musculoskeletal disorders: A review of risk factors

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 757-781

  Hoozemans, Marco J M ^a   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^a   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a   Van Dijk, Frank J H ^a   Van Der Woude, Luc H V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Epidemiology; Health complaints; Manual materials handling; Physiology; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRAIN;

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; PUSHING PULLING; RISK FACTORS;

ERGONOMICS;

BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FORCE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ARM INJURIES; BACK INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EXERTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; WORK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032101543     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398186621     Document Type: Review

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