Standard and alternative methods of stretcher carriage: Performance, human factors, and cardiorespiratory responses

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 639-652

  Knapik, J J ^a   Harper, W ^b   Crowell, H P ^b   Leiter, K ^b   Mull, B ^b  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy cost; Fatigue; Heart rate; Maximum voluntary contraction; Muscle contraction; RPE

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; JOINTS (ANATOMY); RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; STRETCHERS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

CARDIORESPIRATORY STRESS; LOAD CARRYING EQUIPMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ERGONOMICS; EXPIRED AIR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SOLDIER; STRESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0033891959     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401300184305     Document Type: Article

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