Spinal loads during two-person team lifting: Effect of load mass distribution

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 349-358

  Dennis, G J ^a   Barrett, R S ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Manual handling; Spinal loads; Team lifting

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION TESTING; KINEMATICS; LOADS (FORCES); PERSONNEL TESTING; SHEAR STRENGTH; TORQUE;

LOAD MASS DISTRIBUTIONS (LMD);

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; FORCE; HAND; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAMWORK; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0141606780     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(03)00075-1     Document Type: Article

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