Lifting strategies of expert and novice workers during a repetitive palletizing task

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 471-481

  Plamondon, A ^a   Delisle, A ^b   Bellefeuille, S ^a   Denis, D ^a   Gagnon, D ^b   Lariviere C ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expert; Lifting; Manual material handling

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

DISTRIBUTION CENTERS; EXPERT; EXPERT AND NOVICES; INTERNAL FORCES; LIFTING; LIFTING HEIGHT; MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING; SEGMENT MODELING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK LOADING; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BOX HEIGHT; BOX TRANSFER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPERT WORKER; EXTERNAL FOOT FORCE; FATIGUE; HEIGHT; HORIZONTAL DISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LUMBAR FLEXION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NOVICE WORKER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK INCLINATION; WEIGHT BEARING; WORKER;

EXPERT; LIFTING; MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FATIGUE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LIFTING; MALE; MOVEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84892893873     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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