Lumbar posture is considered to play an important role in low back injury and is of importance during the rehabilitation of clients employed in manual handling occupations. This clinical commentary discusses the implications of lumbar posture on the biomechanical loads placed on the active and passive tissues of the spine, and the contribution the erector spinae play during tasks involving lift...

The objective of research study is to develop an efficient multi-criteria approach for evaluation of various influencing factors that have a major impact on energy expenditure of workers engaged in manual lifting and carrying tasks. The present case study under taken sixty male workers having age between 30-60 years and performing manual lifting and carrying of 50kg fertilizer filled sac up to ...

Rigid leukotape applied to the skin of trunk dorsum, superficial lumbar paraspinals, has been shown reduce flexion in repetitive lifting, with potential risk injury jobs requiring handling material. It is unclear which mechanism underpins this reduction, and whether a tape more elastic properties (i.e., kinesio tape) can yield similar results. In study, twelve participants were randomly allocat...

This review targeted all research previously conducted on the topic of musculoskeletal disorders and injury among physiotherapists, with a particular focus on studies that had examined individual, physical and psychosocial risk factors and provided suggestions or recommendations to prevent such injuries. Scientific literature published in English languages was searched using electronic way. A t...

Let $M$ be a right module over a ring $R$, $tau_M$ a preradical on $sigma[M]$, and$Ninsigma[M]$. In this note we show that if $N_1, N_2in sigma[M]$ are two$tau_M$-lifting modules such that $N_i$ is $N_j$-projective ($i,j=1,2$), then $N=N_1oplusN_2$ is $tau_M$-lifting. We investigate when homomorphic image of a $tau_M$-lifting moduleis $tau_M$-lifting.

Lifting is a common manual material handling task performed in the workplaces. It is considered as one of the main risk factors for Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders. To improve work place safety, it is necessary to assess musculoskeletal and biomechanical risk exposures associated with these tasks, which requires very accurate 3D pose. Existing approaches mainly utilize marker-based senso...

A study was performed to investigate how different types of handle coupling affect the loading on the spine. Ten male grocery item selectors performed a laboratory simulation of a warehouse palletizing task. Participants transferred the cases from a pallet in a storage bin to the destination pallet. The trunk motions and muscle activities were monitored by a Lumbar Motion Monitor (LMM) and elec...