Testing individual capability to lift material: Repeatability of a dynamic test compared with static testing

Abstract This paper describes a new dynamic testing procedure of individual lift capability and its laboratory evaluation with 39 subjects. In test-retesting, the isoinertial “LIFTEST” proved to be less variable than standard isometric lift tests.

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