Assessment of the relationship between box weight and trunk kinematics: Does a reduction in box weight necessarily correspond to a decrease in spinal loading?

Human Factors

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-208

  Davis, K G ^a   Marras, W S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; SPINE; WEIGHT; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0033795860     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872000779656499     Document Type: Article

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