Authors:
Angelina Thiers
;
Harald Loose
;
Katja Orlowski
;
Mildred Bläsing
and
Marco Wallmann
Affiliation:
Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Keyword(s):
Back Pain, Load Lifting, Stoop Lifting, Squat Lifting, Electromyography, Psychological Criteria.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications and Services
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Biomedical Signal Processing
;
Computer Vision, Visualization and Computer Graphics
;
Devices
;
Health Information Systems
;
Human-Computer Interaction
;
Medical Image Detection, Acquisition, Analysis and Processing
;
Physiological Computing Systems
;
Wearable Sensors and Systems
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to determine differences in health benefits and fatigue when using various lifting techniques. Worldwide, back pain is a common disease. In this context, muscular tension in shoulder and neck areas as well as tension-type headaches are the most common side effects. One frequent cause for this pain is connected with the wrong lifting and carrying of loads. To avoid these types of back pain numerous recommendations concerning the right lifting technique already exist. The most common recommendation is that one should use squat lifting instead of stoop lifting. By means of this technique a relief for the back should be obtained. However, these benefits have not been proven yet. For this study eight healthy subjects were evaluated. The test persons had to lift a load for ten minutes. During the lifting task the muscle activity of nine muscles was documented. At the same time, psychological data were collected in a questionnaire. Both, the physiological and p
sychological data revealed differences between the lifting techniques. During the stoop lifting, a higher burdening of the back muscles was measured. In addition, following the exercise, a greater and prolonged discomfort in the back muscles was documented.
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