A field evaluation method for assessing whole body biomechanical joint stress in manual lifting tasks

Industrial Health

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 604-612

  Lin, Chiuhsiang J ^a   Wang, Shun J ^a   Chen, Hung J ^a,b  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Field evaluation; Joint moment; Lifting; Manual Materials Handling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORKER;

EID: 33751102397     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.44.604     Document Type: Article

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