Pressure distribution on the anatomic landmarks of the knee and the effect of kneepads

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-113

  Porter, William L ^a   Mayton, Alan G ^a   Moore, Susan M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Knee; Mining; Workplace activity

Indexed keywords

MINING; TENDONS;

KEY STRUCTURES; KNEE; KNEE FLEXIONS; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; MEAN PRESSURES; PATELLA TENDON; PATELLAR TENDON; PEAK PRESSURE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATELLA; PATELLA TENDON; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SIMULATION; TIBIA;

EID: 77957320353     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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