The effects of initial lifting height, load magnitude, and lifting speed on the peak dynamic L5/S1 moments

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-59

  Lavender, Steven A ^a,b   Andersson, Gunnar B J ^a   Schipplein, Owen D ^c   Fuentes, Henry J ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

LBD; Lifting; Linked segment models; Moments; NIOSH lifting equation; Spine

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; HEALTH HAZARDS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

LIFTING;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; HAND GRIP; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0037210646     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(02)00174-9     Document Type: Article

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