A Review of Manual Load Lifting Models

The paper reviewed the three main approaches for setting limits of load to be limited manually. In the analysis the strengths and the weaknesses were highlighted and a need for a new approach using spinal shrinkage and some anthropometric dimensions was advocated. The approach may probably lead to the development of a safe weight of lift that may be subject-specific. It is expected that such an approach may be more protective of workers that the approaches presently reported in the literature.