@article{ref1,
title="One-handed carrying among elderly and obese individuals: a systematic review to identify research gaps",
journal="Ergonomics",
year="2018",
author="Badawy, Mohamed and Schall, Mark C. and Sesek, Richard F. and Gallagher, Sean and Davis, Gerard A. and Capanoglu, M. Fehmi",
volume="61",
number="10",
pages="1345-1354",
abstract="A systematic review of the literature regarding one-handed load carrying was conducted to identify research gaps for future load carrying studies. Twenty-six articles that may be relevant to elderly and obese people were included. Only two studies evaluated the effect of age as an independent variable during one-handed carrying. Obesity was not included as an independent variable in any of the articles. In general, the results suggested that one-handed carrying is more physically demanding than other methods of load carrying. In many cases, physiological responses to carrying a load in one hand were similar to carrying twice the load equally distributed between two hands. Some studies recommended a one-handed carrying weight limit of approximately 9-10 kg for men and 6-7 kg for women. However, more research on the effects of age and obesity during one-handed carrying are needed to determine if these results hold for elderly and obese people.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0014-0139",
doi="10.1080/00140139.2018.1470680",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2018.1470680"
}