Maximum acceptable weight of lift by Chinese experienced male manual handlers

Determination of maximum acceptable weight of lift by adult Indian female workers

“…This was because the CW group was more habituated to weight lifting than their counterpart. A comparable result was obtained in case of Chinese male workers, reported by Wu (1997). As the present study was conducted on the industrial workers the findings of this study can be directly applied to the industrial population.…”

“…as compared to other ethnic communities. Zhu and Zhang (1990) and Wu (1997) reported that MAWL for Chinese subjects were less than that observed for the Western population. Evans (1990) and Lee et al (1995) have mentioned that the NIOSH limit might not be applicable for non-Western population.…”

“…In 1991, a revised lifting equation was developed with more number of lifting parameters (Waters et al, 1993). In Europe and North America, this NIOSH equation is well established, but the applicability of NIOSH equation across different countries is under question (Zhu and Zhang, 1990;Evans, 1990;Lee et al, 1995;Wu, 1997). In fact, manual handling problem is more severe in developing and underdeveloped countries.…”

The Adequacy of NIOSH Equation to to Determine the Rate of Stresses Exerted on the Back Based on Compressive Force Estimation

“…The participants of the study were randomly selected among male workers who were inexperienced in MMH tasks. The sample size was determined 15 based on the previous studies (17). The exclusion criteria were previous spinal surgery and a significant vertebral deformity resulting from any etiology.…”

“…According to the previous study, the boxes with such dimensions are commonly used in the range of jobs available in the community. Moreover, the boxes at Iran's domestic market have the closest dimensions to the ones used in previous studies (17).…”