Postural, epidemiological and biomechanical analysis of luggage handling in an aircraft luggage compartment

Stålhammar, H. R.; Leskinen, Timo; Kuorinka, Ilkka; Gautreau, M.; Troup, J. D. G.

doi:10.1016/0003-6870(86)90003-7

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“…In fact, studies based on observations in an industrial setting are relatively rare compared to experimental studies. These few have dealt with such things as the preparation of orders in warehouses (Garg 1984, Imbeau et al 1990, the loading-unloading of airplane baggage (Stalhammar et al 1986), the handling of boxes in various industrial situations (Drury et al 1982) G. Baril-Gingras and M. Lortie Saint-Vincent et al 1989). They reveal marked differences between the techniques used spontaneously and those recommended.…”

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The handling of objects other than boxes: univariate analysis of handling techniques in a large transport company

Baril-Gingras

Lortie

1995

Ergonomics

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The purpose of this study, carried out on handlers in the distribution centre of a large transport company, was to identify the techniques used for handling objects other than boxes. Thirty-one workers, with experience varying from one month to 17 years, were each filmed during one shift. A grid with 36 variables allowed the successive operations to be described: the type of grip, the nature and the direction of the efforts by the upper limbs, the use of the back and the lower limbs, and the displacement of the object. Nine hundred and forty-four handlings carried out in 3217 distinct movements were analysed. These observations revealed the complexity of the handling techniques and the tendency to favour some of them. Seventy-nine per cent of the handlings observed included pre-transfer and/or post-placement phases in addition to the transfer itself. Essentially horizontal phases (pulling, pushing) are more frequent than essentially vertical ones (lifting, lowering); asymmetry is generalized, whether it involves the back position (torsion), the direction and the type of effort, the position of the hands on the object, etc. More than half of the efforts are used to move an object resting on a surface (sliding, pivoting, turning, rolling); resistive efforts downwards (e.g., lowering) are avoided in favour of 'throwing' or 'dropping'.

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The handling of objects other than boxes: univariate analysis of handling techniques in a large transport company

Baril-Gingras

Lortie

1995

Ergonomics

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“…Squatting has been shown to reduce the activity of the lumbar erector spinae when compared to kneeling for a baggage handling task, while kneeling resulted in lower activity in the trapezius [46].…”

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“…Stooped, restricted, kneeling, and other awkward postures adopted during manual materials handling have frequently been associated with low back pain (LBP) onset [17,20,22,28,46]. Miners, aircraft baggage handlers, carpenters, mechanics and agricultural workers are among the many professions that require such postures [8,19].…”

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Spinal loading during manual materials handling in a kneeling posture

Splittstoesser

Yang

Knapik

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Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

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“…The studies referred to another 10 not revealed by the search. Exclusion was made of 15 studies dealing exclusively with self-reported knee trouble (3,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26), four studies without a reference group (27)(28)(29)(30), seven studies in which the design was not epidemiologic (8,(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36), and one study dealing with an occupational group not exposed to knee load (37). Thus there remained 19 controlled studies with 25 references (4,6,9,, Several of the studies dealt with different types of knee disorders.…”

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