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1Department of Production Engineering and Production Management, University of Nottingham, UK.
Abstract:
Changes in stature have been shown to relate to loads imposed on the spine which can arise from work activities or postural demands, including the seating requirement. It was deduced, therefore, that the shrinkage method could be used to identify the effects of different factors in the driving situation by measuring changes in spinal column length. The results showed that when the spine was vibrated changes in stature did not show a simple relationship to estimated load. A non-invasive technique was thus developed to assess the in vivo displacements of the upper, central and lower regions of the spinal column, in order to investigate why these anomalies were occurring.
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