Comparison of psychophysiological responses in healthy men and women workers during cart pushing on two walkways of high and low coefficient of friction

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-179

  Maikala, Rammohan V ^a   Ciriello, Vincent M ^a   Dempsey, Patrick G ^a   O'Brien, Niall V ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait (a)symmetry; Gastrocnemius muscle; Near infrared spectroscopy; Psychophysics; Slips and falls; Tissue Hemoglobin Index; Tissue Oxygenation Index

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CALF MUSCLE; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; FLOOR SURFACE; FUNCTIONAL ABILITIES; GASTROCNEMIUS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION; LOW COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION; MUSCLE RESPONSE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES; PSYCHOPHYSICAL APPROACH; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RESULTANT FORCES; RIGHT AND LEFT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLIPS AND FALLS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE OXYGENATION INDEX; WOMEN WORKERS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FRICTION; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN OXYGEN SATURATION; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS HANDLING; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATORS; PHYSICS; PLYWOOD; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEXTILES; TRIBOLOGY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

MUSCLE;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRICTION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE OXYGENATION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77949270275     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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