Spine ergonomics

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 49-68

  Pope, Malcolm H ^a   Goh, Kheng Lim ^a   Magnusson, Marianne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Occupational; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; DISABILITY; ENDURANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERGONOMICS; FORCE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEAT; SITTING; STANDING; VIBRATION;

COMORBIDITY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPINAL INJURIES; VIBRATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036403658     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.bioeng.4.092101.122107     Document Type: Review

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