Recommended weight limits for lifting and holding limbs in the orthopaedic practice setting

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Waters, Thomas R ^a   Sedlak, Carol A ^b   Howe, Cynthia M ^c   Gonzalez, Cynthia M ^c   Doheny, Margaret O ^b   Patterson, Miki ^c   Nelson, Audrey ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIMB; ORTHOPEDIC NURSING;

BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; LIFTING; ORTHOPEDIC NURSING;

EID: 67649664397     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NOR.0b013e3181997a7b     Document Type: Article

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