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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