Muscle activity during patient transfers: A preliminary study on the influence of lift assists and experience

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 296-306

  Keir, Peter J ^a   MacDonell, Christopher W ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Lifting; Patient transfer

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; LIFT; MUSCLE; PATIENT TREATMENT;

PATIENT REPOSITIONING; PATIENT TRANSFER;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RECORDING; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WHEELCHAIR; WORKLOAD;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NURSING CARE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT TRANSFER; SHOULDER; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 1042292648     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013032000157922     Document Type: Article

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