Physiological and psychophysical responses in handling maximum acceptable weights under different footwear-floor friction conditions

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-265

  Li, Kai Way ^a   Yu, Rui feng ^b   Han, Xiao L ^b  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Footwear floor slipperiness; Manual material handling; Perceived sense of slip; Slipping and falling

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ERGONOMICS; FRICTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

FOOTWEAR-FLOOR SLIPPERINESS; MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING; PERCEIVED SENSE OF SLIP; SLIPPING AND FALLING;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FRICTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 33750936600     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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