Measurements of movements during highly repetitive industrial work

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 343-344

  Andersson, A ^a   Nordgren, B ^b   Hall, J ^b  

^a Section of Occupational Health   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Industrial work measurement; Muscular movement acceleration; Repetitive work

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; ACCELEROMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERSONNEL;

INDUSTRIAL WORK MEASUREMENT; MUSCULAR MOVEMENT ACCELERATION; REPETITIVE WORK;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; WRIST;

EID: 0030271842     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-6870(95)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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