Relation between spinal load factors and the high-risk probability of occupational low-back disorder

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1187-1199

  Granata, Kevin P ^a   Marras, William S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lifting; Low back pain; Spine

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; ERGONOMICS; JOB ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRAIN; TISSUE;

INJURY MECHANISMS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; SPINAL LOAD FACTORS; SPIRE; WAREHOUSE WORKERS; WORKPLACE INJURY FACTORS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROBABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LIFTING; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032826534     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185072     Document Type: Article

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