Maximum acceptable forces of dynamic pushing: Comparison of two techniques

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-39

  Ciriello, Vincent M ^a   McGorry, Raymond W ^a   Martin, Susan E ^a   Bezverkhny, Ilya B ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Manual materials handling; Maximum acceptable forces; Psychophysics; Pushing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MATERIALS HANDLING; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TREADMILL; WATER LOADING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT-BEARING; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0033046272     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185784     Document Type: Article

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