Psychophysical determination of load carrying capacity for a 1-h work period by Chinese males

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1008-1023

  Wu, S P ^a   Chen, C C ^a  

^a HUAFAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carriage; Manual materials handling; Maximum acceptable weight carried

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

HEART RATE;

PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL STRESS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORKER; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; EXERTION; HAND; HEART RATE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0035883182     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130110076358     Document Type: Article

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