Impact of order and load knowledge on trunk kinematics during repeated lifting tasks

Human Factors

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 808-819

  Kotowski, Susan E ^a   Davis, Kermit G ^a,b   Shockley, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LIFTING STYLE; RANDOM LOADS; REPEATED LIFTING;

KINEMATICS;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BORG RATING OF PERCEIVED EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LIFTING EFFORT; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUNK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34548856778     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872007X230181     Document Type: Article

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