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dc.contributor.authorMilosavljevic, S
dc.contributor.authorCarman, AB
dc.contributor.authorSchneiders, AG
dc.contributor.authorMilburn, PD
dc.contributor.authorWilson, BD
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:30:38Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:30:38Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2009-11-10T05:58:31Z
dc.identifier.issn0003-6870
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.apergo.2006.04.026
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/26561
dc.description.abstractSheep shearers are known to work in sustained flexed postures and have a high prevalence of low back pain (LBP). As sustained posture and spinal movement asymmetry under substantial loads are known risk factors for back injury our aim was to describe the 3D spinal movement of shearers while working. We hypothesised that thoraco-lumbar and lumbo-sacral movement would be tri-axial, asymmetric, and task specific. Sufficient retro-reflective markers were placed on the trunk of 12 shearers to define thoraco-lumbar and lumbo-sacral 3D motion during three tasks. Thoraco-lumbar movement consistently involved flexion, left lateral flexion, and right rotation. Lumbo-sacral movement consistently involved right lateral flexion in flexion with minimal rotation. Shearers therefore work in sustained spinal flexion where concurrent, asymmetric spinal movements into both lateral flexion and rotation occur. These asymmetric movements combined with repetitive loading may be risk factors leading to the high incidence of LBP in this occupational group.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom299
dc.relation.ispartofpageto306
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalApplied Ergonomics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume38
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical physiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDesign
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3208
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3303
dc.titleThree-dimensional spinal motion and risk of low back injury during sheep shearing
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2007
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMilburn, Peter D.


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