Slip and fall risk among firefighters in relation to balance, muscular capacities and age

Safety Science

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 455-468

  Punakallio, Anne ^a   Hirvonen, Mikko ^a   Grönqvist, Raoul ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Fall risk; Postural control; Slip distance

Indexed keywords

FIRE PROTECTION; MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY DEVICES;

BALANCE; FALL RISK; POSTURAL CONTROL; SLIP DISTANCE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

GLYCEROL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; BODY POSTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

EID: 26844481588     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.08.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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