A relation between dynamic strength and manual materials-handling strategy affected by knowledge of strength

Human Factors

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 438-446

  Bartlett, Daniel ^a,c   Li, Kang ^a,b   Zhang, Xudong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c American Greetings Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCING PRODUCTIVITY; DYNAMIC STRENGTH; KNOWLEDGE FEEDBACK; SHOULDER EXTENSION;

FEEDBACK; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; JOB PERFORMANCE; KNEE; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRODUCTIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34249007534     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872007X200085     Document Type: Article

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