Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 775-787, September 2007

Risk assessment of patient handling with ambulance stretcher systems (ramp/(winch), easi-loader, tail-lift) using biomechanical failure criteria

Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK

Received 13 February 2006; received in revised form 15 August 2006; accepted 15 August 2006. published online 25 October 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00173-1

doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.08.008

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 775-787, September 2007

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