Significance of biomechanical and physiological variables during the determination of maximum acceptable weight of lift

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1216-1232

  Jorgensen, Michael J ^a   Davis, Kermit G ^a   Kirking, Bryan C ^b   Lewis, Karen E K ^a   Marras, William S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Low back disorders; Manual materials handling; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS;

LOW BACK DISORDERS; MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING; MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE WEIGHT OF LIFT; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SPINE; TRUNK; VELOCITY; WEIGHT; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0032876780     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185090     Document Type: Article

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