An evaluation of predictive methods for estimating cumulative spinal loading

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 825-837

  Callaghan, Jack P ^a   Salewytsch, Ami J ^a   Andrews, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanical model; Compression; Cumulative exposure; Shear; Spinal load

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DATA PROCESSING; VIDEO RECORDING;

CUMULATIVE SPINAL LOADING;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; LOADING TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; SPINE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINE; STATISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0035878245     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130118541     Document Type: Article

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