Effects of moving environments on the physical demands of heavy materials handling operators

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-50

  Matthews, Julie D ^a,b   MacKinnon, Scott N ^a   Albert, Wayne J ^b   Holmes, Mike ^a   Patterson, Anthony ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; EMG; Lifting; LMM; Motion; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

COMMERCIAL FISHING; LOAD STABILITY; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DEATH; DISASTER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; KINEMATICS; LABORATORY; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VELOCITY; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 33845192470     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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