Psychophysical assessment of assistive devices for transferring patients/residents

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-44

  Zhuang, Ziqing ^a   Stobbe, Terrence J ^b   Collins, James W ^a   Hongwei Hsiao, ^a   Hobbs, Gerald R ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back injury; Patient handling devices; Psychophysical assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033962861     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(99)00023-X     Document Type: Article

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