Handling and women: from a biomechanical and ergonomic perspective Abstract Handlers run a very high risk of back injuries. To find solutions to this chronic problem, the IRSST subsidizes a research program on handling. An initial project resulting from this program compared the work methods of male expert and novice handlers and identified handling principles that will be used as a guide in the development of a training program. This project will focus on studying the strategies of female handlers. The objective is to understand what differentiates the methods of women handlers from those of men. The results of this research will be used to better adapt the training programs to gender. Produced Under this Project Scientific Reports Biomechanics and Ergonomics in Women Material Handlers Research Report: R-757, R-808 Video Reports and Conferences Ways to Do in Manual Material Handling: The Differences Between Men and Women Conference: CF-095 Simplified Articles Manutention au fémininRegard biomécanique et ergonomique Volume 26, n0 2 Scientific Publications Comparison between male and female workers in a transfer of boxes during a palletizing taskPlamondon A., Christian Larivière, Gagnon D., Delisle A., Denis D., St-Vincent M., Iuliana Nastasia, Salazar E.Source : in Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics / ESB, (18th : July 1-4, 2012 : Lisbonne, Portugal), 2012Façons de faire en manutention: les différences hommes-femmesPlamondon A., Denis D., Christian Larivière, Delisle A., Gagnon D., St-Vincent M., Iuliana Nastasia, Bellefeuille S., Maud Gonella, Hakim Mecheri, Appleby C., Salazar E.Source : in L'importance de considérer le genre et le sexe en SST : Colloque de l'IRSST, (30 novembre, 2012 : Montréal, Canada), 2012Comparison between male and female workers during repeated lifting tasksPlamondon A. , St-Vincent M. , Iuliana Nastasia, Gagnon D., Christian Larivière, Delisle A., Denis D. , Salazar E.Source : in The Art + Science of Professional Judgement : American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exhibition / AIHce 2013 (May 18-23, 2013 : Montréal, Canada), 2013Sex differences in knee-hip-lumbar interjoint coordination during liftingPlamondon A. , Christian Larivière, St-Vincent M. , Denis D. , Delisle A., Iuliana Nastasia, Gagnon D., Hakim MecheriSource : in Eight International Conference on Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders / PREMUS 2013 (8th : July 7-11, 2013 : Busan, South Korea), 2013, p. 482Sex differences in lifting strategies during a repetitive palletizing taskPlamondon A. , Christian Larivière, Denis D. , St-Vincent M. , Delisle A.Source : Applied Ergonomics, vol. 45, no 6, 2014, p. 1558-1569La diversité des populations en manutention manuelle: l'effet du sexe et de l'expériencePlamondon A. , Denis D. Source : in Diversité des interventions, diversité des populations : quels enjeux, quels défis pour l'ergonomie? : 45e congrès de l'Association canadienne d'ergonomie / ACE, (45e : 7-9 octobre, 2014 : Montréal, Canada), 2014Effect of lifting two different weights for female workers in a transfer of boxes during a palletizing taskPlamondon A. , Christian Larivière, Denis D. , Hakim MecheriSource : Proceedings of 19th Triennial Congress of the IEA, Melbourne, Australia, 2015 (p. 192-194). Retrieved from http://ergonomics.uq.edu.au/iea/proceedings/Index_files/papers/192.pdfRelationship between leg and back strength with inter-joint coordination of females during liftingYehoyakim M., Bellefeuille S. , Côté J., Plamondon A. Source : (2016). International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 56, 32-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ergon.2016.08.013The importance of considering women in manual material handling studiesPlamondon A. , Christian Larivière, Denis D. , Hakim MecheriSource : (2018). Communication présentée à 20th Congress of the International Ergonomic Association, Florence, Italie.Difference between male and female workers lifting the same relative load when palletizing boxesPlamondon A. , Christian Larivière, Denis D. , Hakim Mecheri, Iuliana NastasiaSource : (2017). Applied Ergonomics, 60, 93-102. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2016.10.014A comparison of lumbar spine and muscle loading between male and female workers during box transfersGagnon D., Plamondon A. , Christian LarivièreSource : (2018). Journal of Biomechanics, 81, 76-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.09.017 Other Project(s) You May be Interested in Analysis of the concept of margin of manoeuvre in ergonomics from the standpoint of human motor skill controlValidation of a New Inertial Measurement SystemFinalization and Validation of a Field Approach for Predicting Back Loading Based on Laboratory Data Additional Information Type: Project Number: 0099-8020 Status: Completed Year of completion: 2012 Research Field: OSH and Sustainable Prevention Work Environment Team: André Plamondon (IRSST)Denys Denis (IRSST)Alain Delisle (Université de Sherbrooke)Denis Gagnon (Université de Sherbrooke)Marie St-Vincent (IRSST)Christian Larivière (IRSST)Iuliana Nastasia (IRSST)Maud Gonella (IRSST)Christian Larue (IRSST)Pierre Desjardins (Pierre Desjardins, consultant)Hakim Mecheri (IRSST)