Spinal loads during individual and team lifting

Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 671-681

  Dennis, G J ^a   Barrett, R S ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lower back; Manual handling; Spinal loads; Team lifting

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; LOADS (FORCES); TORQUE; TRANSDUCERS;

SHEAR FORCES;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; CALCULATION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; KINEMATICS; LIFTING EFFORT; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MASS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEAMWORK; TORQUE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; QUEENSLAND; SPINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037104679     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130210148537     Document Type: Article

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