Electromyography-Informed Estimates of Joint Contact Forces Within the Lower Back and Knee Joints During a Diverse Set of Industry-Relevant Manual Lifting Tasks.

Repetitive manual labor tasks involving twisting, bending, and lifting commonly lead to lower back and knee injuries in the workplace. To identify tasks with high injury risk, we recruited N = 9 participants to perform industry-relevant, 2-handed lifts with a 11-kg weight. These included symmetrical...

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Published in:Journal of Applied Biomechanics Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 151 - 161
Main Authors: Davenport, Felicia R., Leestma, Jennifer K., Staten, Adriana, Bhakta, Krishan, Fernandez, Joshua, Mazumdar, Anirban, Young, Aaron J., Sawicki, Gregory S.
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc. Apr2025
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