Perceived safety and biomechanical stress to the lower limbs when stepping down from fire fighting vehicles

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-119

  Giguère, Denis ^a   Marchand, Denis ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanical stress; Emergency vehicles; Fire fighters; Ingress egress; Safety

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; GROUND VEHICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

BIOMECHANICAL STRESS; EMERGENCY VEHICLES; FIRE FIGHTERS; INGRESS/EGRESS; SAFETY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTOR VEHICLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; FIRE PROTECTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; STRESS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 19644377467     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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