The interaction between skill, postures, forces and back pain in wool handling

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 801-806

  Milosavljevic, Stephan ^a   Gregory, Diane E ^b   Pal, Poonam ^a   Carman, Allan B ^a   Milburn, Peter D ^c   Callaghan, Jack P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cumulative loading; Low back pain; Skill; Wool handling; Work posture

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; YARN;

CUMULATIVE LOADING; LOW BACK PAIN; QUALITY COMPONENTS; SKILL; SKILL TRAINING; TRAINING NEEDS; TRUNK POSTURES; WORK POSTURES;

WOOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERIALS HANDLING; SHEAR STRESS; WOOL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79960238892     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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