Gender difference and lifting technique under light load conditions: A principal component analysis

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-174

  Sadler, Erin M ^a   Graham, Ryan B ^a   Stevenson, Joan M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

gender differences; lifting kinematics; manual materials handling; methods; principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873943636     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463922X.2011.611264     Document Type: Article

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