Biomechanical differences between expert and novice workers in a manual material handling task

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1239-1253

  Plamondon, André ^a   Denis, Denys ^a   Delisle, Alain ^b   Larivière, Christian ^a   Salazar, Erik ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ergonomic intervention; Expert; Lifting; Low back load; Manual material handling

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMIC INTERVENTION; EXPERT; LIFTING; LOW BACK LOAD; MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING;

BIOMECHANICS; ERGONOMICS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BACK INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; JOINTS; LIFTING; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957240444     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2010.513746     Document Type: Article

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