Adding Handles to Optimize Manual Box Handling

Table 1

Participants characteristics identified from the articles included in this study.

Paper	Sample size	Occupational activity	Gender	Age ± SD (years)	Weight (Kg)	Height (cm)	Manual dominance	Musculoskeletal symptoms
Drury et al. 1980-1	7	Workers	Men	21 to 37	not reported	not reported	not reported	no
Drury et al. 1980-2	12	Students	Men	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported	no
Coury et al. 1982	10	Students	Men	21.3±1.2	78.8±10.6	179.3±5.9	right handed	no
Deeb et al. 1985	30	Workers	15 women	M:23.5±3.2	M:78.7±9.39	M:180±0.64	not reported	no
			15 men	W: 25.9±9.73	W:64.3±10.16	W:166±0.53
Deeb et al. 1986-1	10	Students	5 women	not reported	M:73.06	M:180	not reported	no
			5 men		W: 57.75	W:163
Deeb et al. 1986-2	6	Workers	Men	31.3±17.91	89.5±20.14	179±9	not reported	no
Drury et al. 1986 – 1	30	Workers	15 women	M 23.5±3.20	M:78.7±9.39	M180±0.64	not reported	no
			15 men	W: 25.9±9.73	W:64.3±10.16	W166±0.53
Drury et al. 1986 – 2	30	Workers	15 women	M: 23.5±3.20	M:78.7±9.39	M180±0.64	not reported	no
			15 men	W: 25.9±9.73	W:64.3±10.16	W166±0.53
Ciriello et al. 1993	6	Workers	Men	40.5 ± 20.3	81.8±14.6	174.4 ± 8.1	not reported	no
Shih et al. 1997	12	Students	6 women	19	not reported	not reported	not reported	no
			6 men
Davis et al. 1998	10	Workers	Men	19 a 49	80.1±8.4	180.3±2.3	not reported	no
Marras et al. 1999	10	Workers	Men	27.2	89.1±8.4	180.3 ± 7.1	not reported	no
Ando et al. 2000	11	Students	Men	20.5 ± 2.5	60.6±7.3	170.2 ± 4.7	right handed	no
Jung et al. 2010	20	Students	Men	24.78±0.7	66.65±6.73	173.75±4.69	not reported	no
Silva et al. 2012	10	Workers	Men	38.2 ± 8.3	78.3±13.2	170 ± 0.5	right handed	no
Silva et al. 2013	37	Students	Men	23.85±3.97	73.95±10.35	170±30	right handed	no
Nogueira et al. 2016	21	Workers	Men	29.39±6.45	81.36±13.36	170±60	right handed	no