Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders at the wrist as a function of angles, forces, repetitiveness and movement velocities

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 176-181

  Malchaire, Jacques B ^a   Cock, Nathalie A ^a   Robert, Annie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Upper limb disorders; Work characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORCE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VELOCITY; WORKPLACE; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0029901932     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.128     Document Type: Article

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