Revisited: Comparison of two techniques to establish maximum acceptable forces of dynamic pushing for male industrial workers

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 877-882

  Ciriello, Vincent M ^a   Dempsey, Patrick G ^a   Maikala, Rammohan V ^a   O'Brien, Niall V ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cart pushing; Manual materials handling; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRAIN;

CART PUSHING; DYNAMIC PUSHING; MAGNETIC PARTICLES; MALE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS; MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SUSTAINED FORCES; TRANSPORTING LOADS;

FORCE CONTROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 36048972294     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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