Shape and Thickness of Cushion in A Standing Aid to Support A Forward Bending Posture: Effects on Posture, Muscle Activities and Subjective Discomfort

Industrial Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-23

  Iwakiri, Kazuyuki ^a   Sotoyama, Midori ^a   Mori, Ippei ^a   Jonai, Hiroshi ^b   Saito, Susumu ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dishwashing; Forward bending posture; Low back pain (LBP); Muscle activity; Standing aid; Subjective discomfort

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DISHWASHING; EQUIPMENT; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0842285274     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.42.15     Document Type: Article

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