A BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF A SPECIALIZED LOAD CARRIAGE TECHNIQUE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASSISTIVE LOAD CARRIAGE DEVICE

During field observations of professional movers, it was noticed that some experienced movers carried loads posterior to their pelvis. The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to assess the biomechanical differences between hand-held load carriage anterior (AC) and posterior (PC) to the pelvis;...

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Main Author: Kudryk, IAN
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Format: Others
Language:en
en
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/1535