The role of whole body vibration, posture and manual materials handling as risk factors for low back pain in occupational drivers

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-329

  Okunribido, O O ^a   Magnusson, M ^a   Pope, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drivers; LBP; MMH; Posture; Risk factors; Vibration

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PLANT LAYOUT; TRUCKS; VIBRATION CONTROL; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VIBRATORS;

BACK PAIN; COMBINED EFFECTS; EXPOSURE EFFECTS; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); INTERACTION EFFECTS; LOW BACK PAIN (LBP); MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING (MMH); OCCUPATIONAL DRIVERS; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); RISK FACTORS; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION (WBV);

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 47349106869     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701637262     Document Type: Article

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