Age related differences in mechanical demands imposed on the lower back by manual material handling tasks

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 896-903

  Shojaei, Iman ^a   Vazirian, Milad ^a   Croft, Emily ^a   Nussbaum, Maury A ^b   Bazrgari, Babak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Low back pain; Manual material handling; Mechanical loading; Trunk kinematics

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; HEALTH; KINEMATICS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES; BIOMECHANICAL FACTORS; GROUND REACTION FORCES; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; LOW BACK PAIN; MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING; MECHANICAL LOADING; TRUNK KINEMATICS;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MECHANICAL DEMAND; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964940037     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.10.037     Document Type: Article

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