Gender differences in psychophysically determined maximum acceptable weights and forces for industrial workers observed after twenty years

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 569-575

  Ciriello, Vincent M ^a   Maikala, Rammohan V ^a   Dempsey, Patrick G ^a   O'Brien, Niall V ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrying; Ergonomic redesign; Lifting and lowering; Manual materials handling guidelines; Psychophysics; Pushing and pulling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LIFTING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT PERCEPTION; WEIGHT-BEARING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79956118147     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0589-0     Document Type: Article

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