Developing physical exposure-based back injury risk models applicable to manual handling jobs in distribution centers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 450-459

  Lavender, Steven A ^a   Marras, William S ^a   Ferguson, Sue A ^a   Splittstoesser, Riley E ^a   Yang, Gang ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

back injury; distribution center; load moment; low back pain; MSD; musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BACK INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84864606887     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2012.688464     Document Type: Article

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