Fatigue and low-back pain of freight-container tractor drivers. Correlation with ergonomic factors

Sangyo Igaku

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 28-45

  Nakata, Minori ^a   Nishiyama, Katsuo ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

checklist; ergonomic evaluation; fatigue symptoms; freight container tractor; low back pain; multivariate analysis; semi trailer tractor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACKACHE; ERGONOMICS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; TRACTOR DRIVER; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BACK PAIN; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0023921195     PISSN: 00471879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh1959.30.28     Document Type: Article

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