Carrying loads and postural sway in standing: The effect of load placement and magnitude

Work

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-368

  Zultowski, Ilyse ^a   Aruin, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Backpack; Body sway; Human; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOULDER; STANDING; VELOCITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 50049100959     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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