Impact of extended durations to ballast and postural stability

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1047-1051

  Wade, Chip ^a   Garner, John C ^b   Redfern, Mark S ^c   Andres, Bob O ^d   Roche, Jennica ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d Ergonomic Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; BALLAST SURFACE; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EXPOSURE-TIME; INJURY PREVENTION; POSTURAL STABILITY; PRELIMINARY INFORMATION; REPEATED MEASURES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; STABILITY TESTING; SURFACE CONDITIONS; TIME INTERVAL; WALKING SURFACES; WORK PRACTICES;

ERGONOMICS; STABILITY;

SURFACE TESTING;

EID: 81855177209     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1071181311551219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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