Postural and subjective responses to realistic schoolbag carriage

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-231

  Mackie, H W ^a   Legg, S J ^b  

^a Transport Engineering Research New Zealand Limited (TERNZ) Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Posture; Schoolbag; Simulated; Subjective; Weight

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMECHANICS; LOAD LIMITS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

MUSCULAR STRAIN; SUBJECTIVE RESPONSE;

ERGONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PHYSICAL STRESS; SIMULATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; EXERTION; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PERCEPTION; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 38649133824     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701565588     Document Type: Article

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