The effectiveness of commonly used lifting assessment methods to identify industrial jobs associated with elevated risk of low-back disorders

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 229-245

  Marras, W S ^a,b   Fine, L J ^a,b   Ferguson, S A ^a,b   Waters, T R ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Low back disorders; Risk assessment; Risk identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0032970868     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185919     Document Type: Article

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