Muscular and centre of pressure response to sudden release of load in symmetric and asymmetric stoop lifting tasks

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-24

  Chow, Daniel H K ^a,b   Cheng, Irene Y W ^a   Holmes, Andrew D ^a   Evans, John H ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetric; Stoop lift; Sudden release

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE;

ASYMMETRIC; STOOP LIFT; SUDDEN RELEASE;

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FALLING; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE INJURY; WEIGHT LIFTING; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; BIOENGINEERING; INJURY; LEG; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BACK INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 19644395952     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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