Investigation of trunk muscular activities during manual lifting with two elastic back belt types

Nopporn Kurustien; Keerin Mekhora; Wattana Jalayondeja; Masaharu Kumashiro; Hiroyuki Izumi; Suebsak Nanthavanij

Investigation of trunk muscular activities during manual lifting with two elastic back belt types

Nopporn Kurustien
, Keerin Mekhora
, Wattana Jalayondeja
, Masaharu Kumashiro
, Hiroyuki Izumi
, Suebsak Nanthavanij

Physical Therapy Program

Mahidol University
University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine
Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Nowadays, back belts are commonly used among industrial manual handling workers to prevent low back injury. This study aims to investigate how the lumbo-sacral belt and the pelvic belt affect trunk muscular activities during manual lifting. Both belts are elastic type but differ in the belt width and wearing position. Nine Japanese healthy male subjects whose ages range between 21 and 27 years participated in this study. The results showed that there were significant decreases (p =0.01) of Transversus Abdominis (TrA)/Internal Oblique (IO) and Erector Spinae (ES) activities when wearing the pelvic belt and lifting 20-kg loads using the squat posture, and lifting 20-kg loads using the standing posture, respectively. All other conditions showed similar trend of decreases in trunk muscular activities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ergonomics for All
Subtitle of host publication	Celebrating PPCOE's 20 Years of Excellence - Selected Papers of the Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, PPCOE 2010
Pages	27-32
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	9th Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, PPCOE 2010 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: 7 Nov 2010 → 10 Nov 2010

Publication series

Name	Ergonomics for All: Celebrating PPCOE's 20 Years of Excellence - Selected Papers of the Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, PPCOE 2010

Conference

Conference	9th Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, PPCOE 2010
Country/Territory	Taiwan, Province of China
City	Kaohsiung
Period	7/11/10 → 10/11/10

Keywords

Back belt
Electromyography
Lumbo-sacral belt
Manual lifting
Pelvic belt

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Kurustien, N., Mekhora, K., Jalayondeja, W., Kumashiro, M., Izumi, H., & Nanthavanij, S. (2011). Investigation of trunk muscular activities during manual lifting with two elastic back belt types. In Ergonomics for All: Celebrating PPCOE's 20 Years of Excellence - Selected Papers of the Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, PPCOE 2010 (pp. 27-32). (Ergonomics for All: Celebrating PPCOE's 20 Years of Excellence - Selected Papers of the Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, PPCOE 2010).

Kurustien, Nopporn ; Mekhora, Keerin ; Jalayondeja, Wattana et al. / Investigation of trunk muscular activities during manual lifting with two elastic back belt types. Ergonomics for All: Celebrating PPCOE's 20 Years of Excellence - Selected Papers of the Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, PPCOE 2010. 2011. pp. 27-32 (Ergonomics for All: Celebrating PPCOE's 20 Years of Excellence - Selected Papers of the Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, PPCOE 2010).

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Investigation of trunk muscular activities during manual lifting with two elastic back belt types. / Kurustien, Nopporn; Mekhora, Keerin; Jalayondeja, Wattana et al.
Ergonomics for All: Celebrating PPCOE's 20 Years of Excellence - Selected Papers of the Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, PPCOE 2010. 2011. p. 27-32 (Ergonomics for All: Celebrating PPCOE's 20 Years of Excellence - Selected Papers of the Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, PPCOE 2010).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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