Trunk postures and peak and cumulative low back kinetics during upright posture sheep shearing

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1576-1583

  Gregory, Diane E ^a   Laughton, Carla ^b   Carman, Allan ^b   Milosavljevic, Stephan ^b   Callaghan, Jack P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agricultural ergonomics; Biomechanics; Low back injury; Shearing station design; Trunk posture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ERGONOMICS; CUMULATIVE LOADING; INJURY RISK; LOW BACK; LOW BACK INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW-BACK LOADING; SPINE POSTURE; TRUNK FLEXION; TRUNK POSTURES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

BIOMECHANICS; RAILROAD STATIONS; SHEARING; SHOULDERS (ROAD); WOOL;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; KINESIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SHEEP; VIDEO RECORDING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 74849122396     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130903287973     Document Type: Article

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