Relative Contribution of Workplace Factors and Individual Characteristics in the Development of Spine Loads

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• Personal Author:
  Davis, Kermit G. ; Marras WS ; Waters, Thomas R.
• Description:
  Thirty males and thirty females performed lifting tasks while being exposed to varying levels of physical (box weight, task asymmetry), psychosocial (social support and mental concentration), and combination (lift rate, box placement) workplace factors. The study investigated the impact of these variables as well as individual factors (gender, personality) on trunk kinematics and kinetics, muscle activity, and the three-dimensional spinal loads. The study results indicate box weight, placement control, individual's anthropometry, and to a lesser extent gender and personality directly impact the loads on the spine as well as the trunk kinematics, kinetics, and muscle activity. Both the physical and mental aspects of the workplace must then be considered when developing ergonomic interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mental Health Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Anthropometry Back-injuries Manual-lifting Manual-materials-handling Materials-handling Mental-stress Muscle-stress Muscle-tension Physical-stress Psychological-factors Spinal-cord-disorders Work-practices Workplace-studies

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• ISBN:
  9780945289203
• ISSN:
  1071-1813
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023142
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 46th Annual Meeting, September 29 - October 4, 2002, Baltimore, Maryland, Bringing Fundamentals & New Opportunities. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2002 Sep; 46(13):1066-1070
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 46th Annual Meeting, September 29 - October 4, 2002, Baltimore, Maryland, Bringing Fundamentals & New Opportunities
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3b5f8bba04a9507bb31144a7e1182a85a33d2fb3ef659db9ef1e5d52868e6ec1be496ed104c003fc83fc55225ea3cc38924e64263633cf048a9a9355383ddb2d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195729/cdc_195729_DS1.pdf
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