Effects of fire fighter protective ensembles on mobility and performance

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 636-641

  Coca, Aitor ^a   Williams, W Jon ^a   Roberge, Raymond J ^a   Powell, Jeffrey B ^b  

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

^b EGandG Technical Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire fighters; Protective clothing; ROM

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; FIRES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; ROM; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

DYNAMIC RANGE; ERGONOMIC EVALUATION; FIRE FIGHTERS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SEARCH TASKS; SPECIFIC TASKS; STANDARD FIRE;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ALTERNATING STEP UP; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CERVICAL ROTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAWL OVER OR UNDER OBJECTS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LADDER PICK UP; MALE; MANNEQUIN DRAG; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT LIFTING; ONE ARM SEARCH TASK; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; SEATED SQUAT; SHOULDER FLEXION; STANDARD FIRE FIGHTER ENSEMBLE; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK LATERAL FLEXION;

EID: 77950369913     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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