Whole body vibration exposures in forklift operators: Comparison of a mechanical and air suspension seat

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1385-1394

  Blood, Ryan P ^a   Ploger, James D ^a   Johnson, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Injury risks; Intervention effectiveness; Musculoskeletal disorders; Vehicle ergonomics

Indexed keywords

AIR SUSPENSION; BACK PAIN; CREST FACTORS; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; FORKLIFT OPERATORS; INJURY RISK; INTERVENTION EFFECTIVENESS; MEASUREMENT STANDARDS; MECHANICAL SUSPENSION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; REPEATED MEASURES; SEAT SUSPENSION; STATIC COMPRESSION; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES; VIBRATION TRANSMISSION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; ERGONOMICS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHT; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIBRATION;

EID: 77958604850     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2010.519053     Document Type: Article

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