Working height, block mass and one- vs. two-handed block handling: The contribution to low back and shoulder loading during masonry work

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1104-1118

  Faber, G S ^a   Kingma, I ^a   Kuijer, P P F M ^b   van der Molen, H F ^b,c   Hoozemans, M J M ^a   Frings Dresen, M H W ^b   van Dieen J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Arbouw   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction work; Lifting; Low back loading; Shoulder loading

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION WORKS; CREST HEIGHTS; GROUND REACTION FORCES; LIFTING; LIFTING HEIGHT; LOW-BACK LOADING; SEGMENT MODELING; WORK SITES;

BIOPHYSICS; LOADS (FORCES); MASONRY MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

LOADING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; BUILDING MATERIAL; HAND; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HAND; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 73949161106     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130902915947     Document Type: Article

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