How to lift a box that is too large to fit between the knees

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1228-1238

  Kingma, Idsart ^a   Faber, Gert S ^a   van Dieën, Jaap H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Compression; Lifting technique; Low back load; Spine

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION FORCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC; FOOT PLACEMENTS; KNEE FLEXIONS; LIFTING TECHNIQUES; LOW BACK; SEGMENT MODELS; SPINAL FORCES; SPINE; SQUAT LIFTING; STOOP LIFTING;

BIOMECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LOADS (FORCES);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BACK INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; KNEE; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957220085     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2010.512983     Document Type: Article

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