Low back pain in drivers: The relative role of whole-body vibration, posture and manual materials handling

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 298, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 540-555

  Okunribido, O O ^a,b   Magnusson, M ^a   Pope, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HEALTH RISKS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LOW BACK PAIN (LBP); MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING (MMH); POSTURE SCORE (PS); WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 33748426007     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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