Secular changes in psychophysically determined maximum acceptable weights and forces over 20 years for male industrial workers

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 593-601

  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

Ergonomic redesign; Manual materials handling; Maximum acceptable weight and forces; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

JOB ANALYSIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ERGONOMIC REDESIGN; INDUSTRIAL WORKERS; MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 42649134479     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701733590     Document Type: Article

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