Effects of different weights and lifting postures on balance control following repetitive lifting tasks in construction workers

Maxwell Fordjour Antwi-Afari; Heng Li; David John Edwards; Erika Anneli Pärn; Joon Oh Seo; Arnold Wong

doi:10.1108/IJBPA-05-2017-0025

Effects of different weights and lifting postures on balance control following repetitive lifting tasks in construction workers

Maxwell Fordjour Antwi-Afari
, Heng Li
, David John Edwards^*
, Erika Anneli Pärn
, Joon Oh Seo
, Arnold Wong

^*Corresponding author for this work

Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Birmingham City University

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	247-263
Number of pages	17
Journal	International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
Volume	35
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-05-2017-0025
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 2017

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The authors acknowledge the Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for funding this research. The authors wish to acknowledge the technical and statistical assistance of Dr May Tam, Man Cheung and Kelvin Lam. Also, the authors are grateful to the study participants for their participation.

Keywords

Balance control
Falls
Fatigue
Lifting posture
Weight

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