Spine loading as a function of lift frequency, exposure duration, and work experience

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 345-352

  Marras, W S ^a   Parakkat, J ^a   Chany, A M ^a   Yang, G ^a   Burr, D ^a   Lavender, S A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Ergonomics; Low back pain; Modeling; Spine loads

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

LATERAL SHEAR; LOW BACK PAIN; SPINAL LOADS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPLOYMENT; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33244494031     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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