The psychophysical approach to manual materials handling task design
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Psychophysic has been used by research primarily to develop guidelines for manual materials handling since the 1950s. Manual materials handling research has been multidisciplinary in nature as it includes the applications of Newtonian mechanics, psychophysics and physiology to the design of work. A review of the origins and early work in the use of the psychophysical approach to manual materials handling and an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of this approach are discussed.
Publication Name: Ergonomics
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0014-0139
Year: 1999
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A biomechanical evaluation of lifting speed using work- and moment-related measures
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A biomechanical evaluation of lifting speed aimed to examined the effects of lifting speed on certain predetermined biomechanical cost functions. Work-related measures, decreased as the lifting speed increased. The time integral of sum of squared ratio of joint moment and strength also fell, suggesting that lifting at faster speeds reduced the work the body must do.
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Subject: Business
ISSN: 0014-0139
Year: 1999
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