Pushing and pulling carts and two-wheeled hand trucks

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-89

  Jung, Myung Chul ^a   Haight, Joel M ^a   Freivalds, Andris ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cart; Ergonomic recommendation; Factor; Hand truck; Handling; Usability

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ERGONOMICS; MACHINE DESIGN; TRUCKS;

MANUAL MATERIALS; MANUAL VEHICLES; MATERIAL HANDLING; WHEEL DESIGN;

GROUND VEHICLES;

BIOMECHANICS; ERGOMETRY; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK;

EID: 7444247481     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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