Journal article
A posture and load sampling approach to determining low-back pain risk in occupational settings
Abstract
A posture and load sampling approach to measure physical exposures was implemented within a case-control study of low-back pain reporting. The purpose of this paper was to determine how well this method was able to identify known low-back pain risk factors. Subjects, including both cyclic production and non-cyclic support workers, were studied while working in an automotive assembly facility. The study included 104 (with 20 proxies) cases, …
Authors
Neumann WP; Wells RP; Norman RW; Frank J; Shannon H; Kerr MS; Group TOW
Journal
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 65–77
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2001
DOI
10.1016/s0169-8141(00)00038-x
ISSN
0169-8141