Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders: Research on Manual Materials Handling 1983-1996

by Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Meeting

Contains 61 papers on manual materials handling research (MMH) presented at annual meetings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society between 1983 and 1996. Offers both basic and applied research in MMH from an ergonomics perspective, reflecting influences over the past 14 years from biomechanics, psychophysics, and physiology. Focus is on the ergonomic approach of fitting jobs to the workforce, with some material on preplacement strength and capacity testing and investigations of determinants of musculoskeletal disorders associated with MMH. For practitioners and students in industrial ergonomics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

296 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1997