Technical note: How safe is cycling with a schoolbag?

Ergonomics

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 859-869

  Legg, S J ^a   Laurs, E ^b   Hedderley, D I ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Awatapu College   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accidents; Children; Cycling; Load carriage; Safety; Schoolbags

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

CYCLING ERRORS;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CLOTHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; STUDENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0041777695     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013031000107586     Document Type: Article

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