Two hypotheses were formulated to examine the additivity of perceived exertion in repetitive, symmetric, mid-sagittal lifting. "Additivity" has been defined as the means by which a whole-body rating of perceived exertion is composed of a weighted combination of component ratings of perceived exertion. The "task additivity" hypothesis asserts that a perceived exertion rating for the whole body in a floor-to-overhead lifting task can be modelled by the perceived exertion ratings of the component motions, i.e., floor-to-knuckle height lifting and knuckle height-to-overhead lifting. This is an inter-task (subtask) additivity paradigm. The "body-segment additivity" hypothesis asserts that the perceived exertion rating for the whole body in a floor-to-overhead lifting task can be modelled by a combination of the ratings of perceived effort from the arms, legs, torso, and central (cardio-respiratory) body functions. This is an intra-task (regional) additivity paradigm. / Master of Science
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43144 |
Date | 11 June 2009 |
Creators | Lowe, Brian D. |
Contributors | Industrial and Systems Engineering, Kroemer, Karl H. E., Woldstad, Jeffery C., Prestrude, Albert M. |
Publisher | Virginia Tech |
Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis, Text |
Format | x, 131 leaves, BTD, application/pdf, application/pdf |
Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Relation | OCLC# 28703832, LD5655.V855_1993.L692.pdf |
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