Static Back Strength - A Study Among Young Adults  

Oleh:

H, Anisah. ; Iridiastadi, Hardianto ; Ikatrinasari, Zulfa Fitri

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: Proceeding The 7th International Seminar on Industrial Engineering and Management (7th ISIEM) di Bali, March 11th – 13th, 2014, page ER 25-30.
Topik: back strength; key pinch strength; manual handling
Fulltext: Paper 59 Anisah H Mercu Buana University.pdf (360.48KB)

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The aim of this study was to describe static back strength among a group of young adults. Furthermore, this study sought to see if there were relationships between this variable with other biomechanics and anthropometric variables (e.g., pinch grip, height, or weight). For this purpose, an experiment was carried out involving 69 males and 52 females between 18 to 28 years of age. Results of this study showed that mean static back strength for males was about 907 N. Back strength for female subjects was 445 N, about 51% less than that of the males. Average pinch grip for female subjects was 44-48% less than that for the males. This study also found strong correlation between back strength and pinch grip strength. In addition, back strength could be sufficiently modeled as a function of other biomechanics and anthropometric variables, including pinch grip strength, gender, weight, and age. It is concluded in this study that differences in strength between genders exist, and that back strength can be predicted by other more practically measured variables

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