Relative importance of expertise, lifting height and weight lifted on posture and lumbar external loading during a transfer task in manual material handling

Ergonomics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-102

  Plamondon, André ^a   Larivière, Christian ^a   Delisle, Alain ^b   Denis, Denys ^a   Gagnon, Denis ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ergonomic intervention; expert; lifting; low back load; manual material handling; training programs

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMIC INTERVENTION; EXPERT; LIFTING; LOW BACK LOAD; MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING; TRAINING PROGRAMS;

CONVEYORS; ERGONOMICS;

LOADING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BACK INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LIFTING; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; POSTURE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84857842630     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.634031     Document Type: Article

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