A biomechanical analysis of anterior load carriage

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2104-2117

  Anderson, A M ^a   Meador, K A ^a   McClure, L R ^a   Makrozahopoulos, D ^a   Brooks, D J ^a   Mirka, G A ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Electromyography; Lumbar; Motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; MUSCLE; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

ANTERIOR LOAD CARRIAGE; BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KINEMATICS; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 36549005149     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701450195     Document Type: Article

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