Local dynamic stability associated with load carrying

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-51

  Liu, Jian ^a   Lockhart, Thurmon E ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Fall accidents; Load carrying; Local dynamic stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879014640     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5491/SHAW.2013.4.1.46     Document Type: Article

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