The interrelationship of the thorax and pelvis under varying task constraints

Elias M Delphinus1, Mark Gregory Leigh Sayers

  • 1School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, DC, Australia. edelphin@usc.edu.au

Ergonomics
|March 19, 2013
PubMed

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