Validation of the LiFFT Risk Assessment Tool and Guidance on Its Use

Validation of the LiFFT Risk Assessment Tool and Guidance on Its Use

The purpose of this paper is to describe a new risk assessment tool for manual lifting (LiFFT), to demonstrate the strong association between LiFFT’s cumulative damage metric with low back outcomes, and to provide recommendations for use in a variety of settings.

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2017-09, Vol.61 (1), p.916-919
Hauptverfasser: Gallagher, Sean, Sesek, Richard F., Schall, Mark C., Huangfu, Rong
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The purpose of this paper is to describe a new risk assessment tool for manual lifting (LiFFT), to demonstrate the strong association between LiFFT’s cumulative damage metric with low back outcomes, and to provide recommendations for use in a variety of settings.
ISSN:1541-9312
1071-1813
2169-5067
DOI:10.1177/1541931213601709