PREVENTION OF BIOMECHANICAL LUMBAR OVERLOAD IN MANUAL PATIENT HANDLING

IfADo – Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund University of Technology, Ardeystr. 67, 44139 Dortmund, Germany BGW – Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services, Pappelallee 35/37, 22089 Hamburg, Germany BGW – Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services, Gottelmannstr. 3, 55130 Mainz, Germany A Members of the Dortmund Lumbar Load Study Group: IfADo authors and J. Metzler, H. Mujih, U. Ozturk, R. Gollner, M. Konhoff, K. Lukaszewski, J. Mattern, M. Schmitz, T. Scholz, R. Smolka, J. Vos, F. Ziolkewicz