TY - JOUR
T1 - A male incumbent worker industrial database
T2 - Part i: Lumbar spinal physical capacity
AU - Mayer, Tom
AU - Gatchel, Robert Joseph
AU - Keeley, Janice
AU - Mayer, Holly
AU - Richling, Dennis
PY - 1994/1/1
Y1 - 1994/1/1
N2 - Study Design. A group of 160 incumbent male railroad workers volunteered for a Study of lumbar spine physical capacity.Methods, They were initially subjected to inclinometric measurements of sagittal and coronal regional mobility (T12-ST). They also were tested on Isokinetic trunk strength measurement devices for sagittal (bending) end axial (twisting trunk strength at multiple speeds. Results. Results showed that they demonstrated mild deficits of lumbar sagittal extension mobility, trunk extensor strength, and sagittal/axial high speed (150-1800.sec) trunk strength when compared with population averages from a previously derived normative database of a nonhomogeneous male population (matched for age and body weight). Conclusions. It was hypothesized that instructions about “correct lifting techniques” uniformly provided to these workers, may have resulted in an unintended decrement in trunk mobility and strength.
AB - Study Design. A group of 160 incumbent male railroad workers volunteered for a Study of lumbar spine physical capacity.Methods, They were initially subjected to inclinometric measurements of sagittal and coronal regional mobility (T12-ST). They also were tested on Isokinetic trunk strength measurement devices for sagittal (bending) end axial (twisting trunk strength at multiple speeds. Results. Results showed that they demonstrated mild deficits of lumbar sagittal extension mobility, trunk extensor strength, and sagittal/axial high speed (150-1800.sec) trunk strength when compared with population averages from a previously derived normative database of a nonhomogeneous male population (matched for age and body weight). Conclusions. It was hypothesized that instructions about “correct lifting techniques” uniformly provided to these workers, may have resulted in an unintended decrement in trunk mobility and strength.
KW - Flexlon/extension
KW - Inclinometers
KW - Isokinetic trunk strength
KW - Lumbar mobility
KW - Postinjury job return
KW - Pre-placement screening
KW - Worker selection
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U2 - 10.1097/00007632-199404000-00005
DO - 10.1097/00007632-199404000-00005
M3 - Article
C2 - 8202791
AN - SCOPUS:0028314249
SN - 0362-2436
VL - 19
SP - 755
EP - 761
JO - Spine
JF - Spine
IS - 7
ER -