Psychophysically determined infrequent lifting capacity of Chinese participants

摘要

The aim of this study was to investigate the psychophysical infrequent lifting capacity (maximum acceptable weight of lift, MAWL) for a Chinese population. A nested-factorial experimental design with a participant factor nested within Gender was employed. Forty-one Chinese participants (29 males, 12 females) Participated in the study. Two frequencies (one lift every 8 h and one lift every 5 min) and six lifting heights (floor to knuckle, floor to shoulder, floor to reach, knuckle to shoulder, knuckle to reach, shoulder to reach) were evaluated.