Spine loading as a function of gender

Study Design. In vivo laboratory studies were con-ducted to investigate the spine loads imposed on men and women during a series of lifting tasks that varied in the degree of lifting control required by the subject. Objective. To identify and understand differences in spine loading and musculoskeletal control strategies be-tween men and women performing lifts of varying task complexity. Summary of Background Data. Few studies have ex-amined differences in spine loading as a function of indi-vidual factors such as subject gender. Furthermore, no biomechanical studies have attempted to quantify and understand how differences in anthropometry between genders might influence muscle recruitment and subse-quent spine loads. Because the modern workplace sel