Biomechanical differences between best and worst performances in repeated free asymmetrical lifts

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-83

  Gagnon, Micheline ^a   Delisle, Alain ^a,b   Desjardins, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Institute de Recherché en Sauté et en Sécurité du Travail Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Free practice; Manual handling; Performance variability; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERGONOMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DYNAMIC MODELS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; TELEVISION CAMERA; TRUNK; VARIANCE; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORKER;

EID: 0036137037     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(01)00052-X     Document Type: Article

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