Evaluation of the effect of backpack load and position during standing and walking using biomechanical, physiological and subjective measures

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 728-742

  Devroey, Christa ^a   Jonkers, Ilse ^a   de Becker, An ^a   Lenaerts, Gerlinde ^a   Spaepen, Arthur ^a  

^a Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Backpack; Load; Musculoskeletal adaptation; Subjective score

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; LOADS (FORCES); MUSCLE;

BACKPACK LOADING; LUMBAR PLACEMENT;

BIOMECHANICS;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXION; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; STANDING; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BACK PAIN; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34047236823     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701194850     Document Type: Article

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