A comparison of instrumentation methods to estimate thoracolumbar motion in field-based occupational studies

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 224-231

  Schall, Mark C ^a   Fethke, Nathan B ^b   Chen, Howard ^a   Gerr, Fred ^b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inertial measurement; Manual handling; Musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

ACCELEROMETER MEASUREMENT; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; INERTIAL MEASUREMENTS; LUMBAR MOTION MONITOR; MANUAL HANDLING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES; SIMULATED MATERIALS;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; GONIOMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETOMETER; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; SPINE MOBILITY; STERNUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VOLUNTEER; ACCELEROMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERTEBRA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOVEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PELVIS; STERNUM; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922781126     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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