Ergonomic interventions for the reduction of low back stress in framing carpenters in the home building industry

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 397-409

  Mirka, Gary A ^a   Monroe, Mike ^a   Nay, Todd ^a   Lipscomb, Hester ^b   Kelaher, Dan ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Engineering controls; Low back disorders

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACK STRESS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CARPENTER; COMPRESSION; DEVICE; ERGONOMICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; MATERIALS HANDLING; MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE; STRESS;

EID: 0037409606     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(03)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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