Influence of dynamic factors on calculating cumulative low back loads

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-97

  Callaghan, Jack P ^a   Keown, Kiera ^a   Andrews, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cumulative spinal load; Manual materials handling; Static and dynamic biomechanical spine models

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247337174     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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