Upper Lifting Performance of Healthy Young Adults in Functional Capacity Evaluations: A Comparison of Two Protocols

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-305

  IJmker, S ^a,c   Gerrits, E H J ^a   Reneman, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability determination; Functional capacity evaluation; Lifting; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVICE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SIMULATOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORK CAPACITY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MOVEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0346275089     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026229006792     Document Type: Article

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