TY - JOUR PY - 1971// TI - Back strains: the state of the art JO - Journal of safety research A1 - Jones, D. F. SP - 28 EP - 34 VL - 3 IS - 1 N2 - The history of manual lifting techniques and resulting stresses in components of the human trunk are reviewed. papers by Bradfors and Spurling (1945) and Bartelink (1957) are utilized to develop a new hypothesis respecting the interacting role of the three mechanisms of lifting (spine, muscles, intra-abdominal pressure) to stimulate further research in this field.

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