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  • Title: The effects of protective footwear on spine control and lifting mechanics.
    Author: Mavor MP, Graham RB.
    Journal: Appl Ergon; 2019 Apr; 76():122-129. PubMed ID: 30642517.
    Abstract:
    Manual materials handling is often performed in hazardous environments where protective footwear must be worn; however, workers can wear different types of footwear depending on the hazards present. Therefore, the goal of this study was to investigate how three-dimensional lifting mechanics and trunk local dynamic stability are affected by different types of protective footwear (i.e. steel-toed shoes (unlaced boot), steel-toed boots (work boot), and steel-toed boots with a metatarsal guard (MET)). Twelve males and twelve females performed a repetitive lifting task at 10% of their maximum lifting effort, under three randomized footwear conditions. Footwear type influenced ankle range of motion (ROM). The work boot condition reduced ankle sagittal ROM (p = 0.007) and the MET condition reduced ankle ROM in the sagittal (p = 0.004), frontal (p = 0.001) and transverse (p = 0.003) planes. Despite these differences at the ankle, no other changes in participant lifting mechanics were observed.
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