Sex differences in lifting strategies during a repetitive palletizing task

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1558-1569

  Plamondon, A ^a   Lariviere C ^a   Denis, D ^a   St Vincent, M ^a   Delisle, A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lifting; Manual material handling; Sex

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; MATERIALS HANDLING;

DISTRIBUTION CENTERS; INTER-JOINT COORDINATIONS; LIFTING; MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING; SEGMENT MODELING; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNCHRONIZED MOTION;

LOADING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT LIFTING; BACK; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HIP; HIP EXTENSION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINEMATICS; KNEE; KNEE EXTENSION; LUMBAR FLEXION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RISK; TRUNK INCLINATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904990578     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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