Background Pre‐placement testing was implemented during World War II. Its current use
has been reshaped by economic factors, litigation, legislation, and advances in medicine. In …

Objectives: This paper summarizes a series of studies of the effectiveness of ergonomically
based functional screening tests for post offer pre-placement of applicants for physically …

Job classification, return to work status, and job placement are determined by the results of
lifting capacity tests. Lifting capacity is often assessed by maximum static or dynamic …

Isokinetic trunk testing is often performed to evaluate ability to perform job tasks. The
purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of isokinetic trunk testing in …

Several different approaches have been tried in industry to prevent low-back injuries. The
scientific literature shows that only job-specific strength testing and ergonomic job design …

BACKGROUND: Workplace injuries place a significant physical, social and financial burden
on organisations globally. Paramedics provide emergency management of workplace …

While numerous efforts have attempted to provide quantitative guidelines for the prevention
of initial low back disorders during material handling tasks, none have appeared in the …

Low-back disorders (LBD) continue to be the most costly and common musculoskeletal
problem facing society today. Investigators have developed tools or measures that are …

Tests of lifting capacity ideally produce consistent outcomes from one test to the next.
Physiological indices of effort, such as heart rates, coefficients of force variation, and …

To establish physical strength and endurance criteria for assigning personnel to jobs with a
heavy physical demand, weight lifting and holding tests were performed on Air Force basic …