BACKGROUND: In Western Africa, women continue performing heavy physical work that includes carrying loads on their heads during pregnancy. Women may adapt to pregnancy related body changes by modifying their postures to perform such tasks. The obje [...]
Cette étude met en oeuvre l’utilisation de la méthode de Jensen pour élaborer une table anthropométrique de caractéristiques inertielles de segments corporels. Le matériel nécessaire à l’acquisition des données est réduit à deux appareils photos nu [...]
YESSOUFOU LAFIOU [1], LAWANI MOHAMED MANSOUROU [2], DUMAS GENEVIÈVE [3],
Background: The postures of the trunk and of the head relative to the trunk adopted during the specific task of head load carriage were measured for a group of pregnant women and a control group of non-pregnant women because this activity was identif [...]
BEAUCAGE-GAUVREAU ERICA [1], DUMAS GENEVIÈVE [2], LAWANI MOHAMED [3],
HOUINATO DISMAND STEPHEN [1], VERDIER M [2], PREUX PM [3], JOSSE R [4], LETENNEUR L [5], AYED Z [6], AVODE D-G [6], MASSIT B [6], BOUTROS-TONI F [6], DENIS CONCEPTIA [6], ZOHOUN TH [6], SALAMON R. [6], DUMAS GENEVIÈVE [6],