Biomechanical loading of the shoulder complex and lumbosacral joints during dynamic cart pushing task

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 841-849

  Nimbarte, Ashish D ^a   Sun, Yun ^b   Jaridi, Majid ^a   Hsiao, Hongwei ^c  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b KEENE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical loading; Cart; Low back; Pushing; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LOADS (FORCES); SHOULDERS (ROAD); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOMECHANICAL LOADING; CART; COMPRESSION DIRECTIONS; GROUND REACTION FORCES; LOW BACK; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; PUSHING; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT;

LOADING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUSHING EFFORT; SHEAR STRESS; SHOULDER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84878941982     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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