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  2. Strain (injury) - Wikipedia

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    A strain can occur as a result of improper body mechanics with any activity (e.g., contact sports, lifting heavy objects) that can induce mechanical trauma or injury.. Generally, the muscle or tendon overstretches and is placed under more physical stress than it can withsta

  3. Musculoskeletal injury - Wikipedia

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    Musculoskeletal injuries can affect any part of the human body including; bones, joints, cartilages, ligaments, tendons, muscles, and other soft tissues. [1] Symptoms include mild to severe aches, low back pain, numbness, tingling, atrophy and weakness. [1] [2] These injuries are a result of repetitive motions and actions over a period of time. [6]

  4. Ergonomic hazard - Wikipedia

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    Environmental, operational, or design factors can all negatively impact a worker or user; examples include whole-body or hand/arm vibration, poor lighting, or poorly designed tools, equipment, or workstations. Some of the common body regions where injuries may occur include: Muscles or ligaments of the lower back; Muscles or ligaments of the neck

  5. Sports biomechanics - Wikipedia

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    Sports biomechanics is the quantitative based study and analysis of athletes and sports activities in general. It can simply be described as the physics of sports. Within this specialized field of biomechanics, the laws of mechanics are applied in order to gain a greater understanding of athletic performance through mathematical modeling, computer simulation and measurement.

  6. Multibody system - Wikipedia

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    The following example shows a typical multibody system. It is usually denoted as slider-crank mechanism. The mechanism is used to transform rotational motion into translational motion by means of a rotating driving beam, a connection rod and a sliding body. In the present example, a flexible body is used for the connection rod.

  7. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    A title should be a recognizable name or description of the topic, balancing the criteria of being natural, sufficiently precise, concise, and consistent with those of related articles. For formatting guidance see the Wikipedia:Article titles § Article title format section, noting the following:

  8. Skip Bayless and Fox Sports Sued by Hairdresser for Sexual ...

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    A longtime hairdresser at Fox Sports has sued the company, alleging that she was fired after raising a series of concerns about workplace misconduct, and after repeatedly refusing to have sex with ...

  9. Manual handling of loads - Wikipedia

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    To calculate the REBA score, the tool separates the body parts into the two groups group A and group B. The body parts assigned to Group A are: Neck; Trunk; The body parts assigned to group B are: Upper arms; Lower arms; Wrists; Using the score of each body part posture in group A, locate the score in table A to assign a group A posture score.