Effects of a standing aid on loads on low back and legs during dishwashing

Industrial Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 198-206

  Iwakiri, Kazuyuki ^a   Yamauchi, Sumiko ^a   Yasukouchi, Akira ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dishwashing; Electromyogram (EMG); Forward bending posture; Low back pain; Standing aid

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0036257127     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.40.198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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