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Properties of traditional bamboo carrying poles have implications for user interactions

Compliant bamboo poles have long been used for load carriage in Asian cultures. Although this custom differs from Western conventions of rigid body attachments (e.g. backpack), potential benefits include reduced peak shoulder forces as well as metabolic transport cost savings. Evidence that carrying...

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Autores principales: Schroeder, Ryan T., Croft, James L., Ngo, Giang D., Bertram, John E. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5945030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29746480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196208