How your back muscles are affected when the weight of the box is increased and whether it is held close to the body or at arm's length.

Description

A simple animation to help demonstrate the Law of the Lever. An animated character is holding a box, whose weight can be increase/decreased; the character can also change how far the box is held out if front. Adjusting the weight and reach of the box, you can see the effect of the characters back muscles as they increase.

Resource type

text

Notes

Used as part of a moving and handling lecture

Teaching subject area

Architecture, Biomedical Science, Construction, Sport and Exercise Science, Health Care and Social Work, Human Biosciences, Mechanical Engineering, Sports, Coaching and Physical Education

Keywords

lever fulcrum force moving handling weight reach

Resource designed for:

students, staff

Resource added by (Faculty or Directorate)

Faculties\Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

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Date deposited:

02 August 2010

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