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The design of manual handling tasks: revised tables of maximum acceptable weights and forces by Snook, S H, Ciriello, V M

“…Four new manual handling experiments are reviewed. The experiment used male and female subjects to study lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, and carrying…”
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The reduction of chronic nonspecific low back pain through the control of early morning lumbar flexion : A randomized controlled trial by SNOOK, S. H, WEBSTER, B. S, MCGORRY, R. W, FOGLEMAN, M. T, MCCANN, K. B

“…Eighteen-month, randomized controlled trial with partial crossover. To test the hypothesis that the control of lumbar flexion in the early morning will…”
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Psychophysical study of six hand movements by Ciriello, V. M., Snook, S. H., Webster, B. S., Dempsey, P.

“…This study represents a continuation of a series of psychophysical studies on repetitive motions of the wrist and hand conducted at the Liberty Mutual Research…”
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The cost of compensable upper extremity cumulative trauma disorders by Webster, B S, Snook, S H

“…There is little information available of the costs of upper extremity cumulative trauma disorders. Cost data were collected from computerized records of the…”
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The effects of task duration on psychophysically-determined maximum acceptable weights and forces by Ciriello, V M, Snook, S H, Blick, A C, Wilkinson, P L

“…The purpose of this experiment was to investigate maximum acceptable weights and forces when performing manual handling tasks continuously for four hours at…”
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Further studies of psychophysically determined maximum acceptable weights and forces by Ciriello, V M, Snook, S H, Hughes, G J

“…The effects of lifting boxes without handles, pulling long distances, carrying different size boxes, combining three handling tasks, and lifting with extended…”
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Challenges in assessing risk factors in epidemiologic studies on back disorders by Burdorf, Alex, Rossignol, Michel, Fathallah, Fadi A., Snook, Stover H., Herrick, Robert F.

“…In epidemiologic studies on musculoskeletal disorders, some risk factors, especially physical load, cannot be determined independently from the worker…”
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Psychophysical studies of repetitive wrist flexion and extension by Snook, S H, Vaillancourt, D R, Ciriello, V M, Webster, B S

“…The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the feasibility of using psychophysical methods to determine maximum acceptable forces for various types and…”
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The cost of compensable low back pain by Webster, B S, Snook, S H

“…Cost data were retrieved from all claims of low back pain initiated during 1986 (N = 98,999) from computerized records of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company…”
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The effect of back belts on lumbar muscle fatigue by Ciriello, V M, Snook, S H

“…An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of wearing a weight lifting belt on the endurance and fatigue characteristics of the extensor muscles of…”
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A single metric for quantifying biomechanical stress in repetitive motions and exertions by LIN, MEI LI, RADWIN, ROBERT G., SNOOK, STOVER H.

“…The relative effects of repetition, force and posture were studied in order to investigate how continuous biomechanical measurements can be combined into a…”
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The cost of 1989 workers' compensation low back pain claims by Webster, B S, Snook, S H

“…Cost data were gathered from computerized records of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company for low back pain workers' compensation claims (N = 119,107) and for…”
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Perceived exertion and discomfort associated with driving screws at various work locations and at different work frequencies by Ulin, S S, Armstrong, T J, Snook, S H, Keyserling, W M

“…Eighteen subjects drove screws with air-powered tools into perforated sheet metal at three vertical and two horizontal work locations using three different…”
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The relation between pain intensity, disability, and the episodic nature of chronic and recurrent low back pain by McGorry, R W, Webster, B S, Snook, S H, Hsiang, S M

“…An observational study on the course of chronic and recurrent low back pain and its relation to disability and medication use performed on the basis of daily…”
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The cost of disability by Snook, S H, Webster, B S

“…Approximately 16.5% of the adult population in the United States is disabled. About half of the disabled are severely limited and unable to work regularly…”
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The costs of back pain in industry by Snook, S H

“…The overall costs of back pain, including the costs of medical care, compensation for lost wages, and indirect costs, are reviewed and their magnitude…”
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A review of machine-guarding recommendations by Vaillancourt, Donald R., Snook, Stover H.

“…A series of machine-guarding drawings were developed during the 1940s, which represent the relationship between gap size and safe distance. Since the…”
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A study of size, distance, height, and frequency effects on manual handling tasks by Ciriello, V M, Snook, S H

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Approaches to the control of back pain in industry: job design, job placement and education/training by Snook, S H

“…It appears possible to control back pain by reducing the probability of the initial episode, reducing the length of the disability, and reducing the change of…”
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Meteorological conditions and self-report of low back pain by McGorry, R W, Hsiang, S M, Snook, S H, Clancy, E A, Young, S L

“…Six months of daily low back pain ratings for 94 individuals were tested for the influence of prevailing weather conditions during the spring, summer, and fall…”
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