Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Transfer of the horizontal patient : the effect of a friction reducing assistive device on low back mechanics

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Transfer of the horizontal patient : the effect of a friction reducing assistive device on low back mechanics / S.M. McGill and N. S. Kavcic

The purpose of this study was to quantify the friction-reducing ability of three different "sliding" patient transfer devices together with the subsequent consequences on the low back loads of people performing the transfers

En: Ergonomics. - London and Washington. - Vol. 48, nº 8, 22 June 2005 ; p. 915-929

1. Ergonomía . 2. Suelos . 3. Deslizamientos . 4. Coeficiente de fricción . 5. Caídas . 6. Columna vertebral . I. Kavcic, N.S. . II. Título. III. Título: Ergonomics.