Detecting cumulative trauma disorders in workers performing repetitive tasks

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 419-431

  Young, V Leroy ^a   Seaton, Mary K ^b   Feely, Christine A ^b,c   Arfken, Cynthia ^d   Edwards, Dorothy F ^b   Baum, Carolyn M ^b   Logan, Samuel ^e  

^a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division   (United States)

^b Center for Health Behavior Research ^*  (United States)

^c Center for Health Behavior Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative trauma disorders; erogonomic measurements; Occupational injuries; poultry processors; Repetitive tasks; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARM INJURIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; POULTRY; REACTION TIME; SENSATION DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0028954666     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700270310     Document Type: Article

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