Designing ergonomic interventions for EMS workers-part II: Lateral transfers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-236

  Lavender, Steven A ^a,b   Conrad, Karen M ^c   Reichelt, Paul A ^c   Kohok, Aniruddha K ^a   Gacki Smith, Jessica ^c  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; EMS; Firefighter; Intervention; LBD

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FIRE PROTECTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT TREATMENT; STRETCHERS;

BRIDGEBOARD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS); FRICTIONAL FORCE; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC (EMG);

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE;

EID: 33750522247     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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