Abdominal belts for manual handling in industry: The evidence for and against
The paper reviews research on the use of abdominal belts for industrial back injury prevention programmes. The evidence for biomechanical, physiological and psychophysical effects of belt use is presented, following a brief theoretical discussion. Although there is some laboratory evidence that abdo...
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Main Author: | R. S. Bridger (Author) |
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1998-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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