Age-related injury risk curves for the lumbar spine for use in low-back-pain prevention in manual handling tasks

Age-related injury risk curves for the lumbar spine for use in low-back-pain prevention in manual handling tasks

Abstract This study introduces injury risk curves for the lumbar spine for use in the risk assessment of low back pain (LBP) caused by manual lifting of heavy loads. LBP has been a longstanding problem among industrial workers, giving rise to the development of assistive devices. However, quantitati...

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Main Authors: Naoki Kudo, Yoji Yamada, Daisuke Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-09-01
Series:ROBOMECH Journal
Subjects:
Low back pain
Risk curve
Manual lifting task
Compressive strength
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40648-019-0139-9

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