Work and workload of nursing personnel in a nursery school and two institutions for handicapped children

Industrial Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 202-211

  Okuno, Masamichi ^a,b   Uketa, Shu Ichi ^a,c   Nakaseko, Masaru ^a,d   Tokunaga, Rikio ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b International Buddhist University   (Japan)

^c Uji Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

^d OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EMG; Low back pain; Musculoskeletal burdens; Nursing personnel; Posture; Sitting posture; Work analysis; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NURSERY SCHOOL; NURSING STAFF; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030968732     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.35.202     Document Type: Article

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