The effect of simulated school load carriage configurations on shoulder strap tension forces and shoulder interface pressure

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-206

  Mackie, Hamish W ^a   Stevenson, Joan M ^b   Reid, Susan A ^b   Legg, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Pressure; Schoolbag; Simulator; Strap tension

Indexed keywords

GAIT ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); OXYGEN; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

BACKPACK WEIGHT; LOAD CARRIAGE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTIONS; SHOULDER STRAP;

STUDENTS;

BODY POSTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAIT; PHYSICIAN; PRESSURE; STUDENT; WEIGHT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 13444287824     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.10.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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