Using sitting as a component of job rotation strategies: Are lifting/lowering kinetics and kinematics altered following prolonged sitting

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 433-439

  Howarth, Samuel J ^a   Beach, Tyson A C ^a   Pearson, Adam J ^a   Callaghan, Jack P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Low back loading; Shear

Indexed keywords

KINETICS; MATERIALS HANDLING; SHEARING;

GENDER DIFFERENCES; LOW BACK INJURY; LOW-BACK LOADING; MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; PROLONGED SITTING; SEGMENT MODELING; TISSUE PROPERTIES;

KINEMATICS;

ADULT; BACK INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; POSTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SHEAR STRENGTH; UPPER EXTREMITY; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149103936     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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