Neck disorders among construction workers: Understanding the physical loads on the cervical spine during static lifting tasks

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-153

  Nimbarte, Ashish D ^a   Aghazadeh, Fereydoun ^b   Ikuma, Laura H ^b   Harvey, Craig M ^b  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction workers; Lifting; Musculoskeletal disorders; Neck muscle electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952060033     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.48.145     Document Type: Article

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