The influence of lift frequency, lift duration and work experience on discomfort reporting

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 396-409

  Parakkat, Julia ^a   Yang, Gang ^a   Chany, Anne Marie ^a   Burr, Deborah ^a   Marras, William S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISCOMFORT REPORTING; SPINAL LOAD; WORK RISK FACTOR;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN THRESHOLD; SPINE DISEASE; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; SPINE; TIME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34250714866     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130601128065     Document Type: Article

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