The effects of obesity on lifting performance

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-98

  Xu, Xu ^a   Mirka, Gary A ^a   Hsiang, Simon M ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Lifting; Low back pain; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; COMPUTATION THEORY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KINEMATICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PROBLEM SOLVING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BODY MASS INDEX; LIFTING PERFORMANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; OBESITY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOW BACK PAIN; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34948879112     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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