The influence of occupation on lumbar sagittal motion and posture

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 657-667

  Milosavljevic, Stephan ^a   Milburn, Peter D ^a   Knox, Bruce W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbar range of motion; Occupation; Posture; Sheep shearing; Structural adaptation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CORRELATION METHODS; MOTION ESTIMATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BACK INJURY; LUMBAR FLEXION; SAGITTAL MOTION; SHEAP SHEARERS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PELVIC DISEASE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONS; POSTURE; SHEEP;

EID: 21844436017     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500070848     Document Type: Article

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