The effects of ergonomic interventions on low back moments are attenuated by changes in lifting behaviour

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1377-1391

  Faber, G S ^a   Kingma, I ^a   Van Dieen J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ergonomic intervention; Lifting; Lifting behaviour; Low back moment; Manual materials handling; Mock up

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS HANDLING; MOCKUPS; PALLETS;

ERGONOMIC INTERVENTIONS; LIFTING BEHAVIOUR; LOW BACK MOMENTS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MATERIALS HANDLING; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 34547535571     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701324622     Document Type: Article

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