Initial force and postural adaptations when pushing and pulling on floor surfaces with good and reduced resistance to slipping

Ergonomics

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 801-821

  Boocock, Mark G ^a,c   Haslam, R A ^b   Lemon, P ^a   Thorpe, S ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Ergonomics; Manual handling; Psychophysics; Pushing and pulling; Slipping

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOMECHANICS; FLOORS; FRICTION; KINEMATICS; KINETIC THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MANUAL HANDLING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PULLING; PUSHING; SLIPPING;

ERGONOMICS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FRICTION; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FRICTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33745582528     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130600562876     Document Type: Article

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