Work schedule and task factors in upper-extremity fatigue

Human Factors

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 150-158

  Rosa, Roger R ^a   Bonnet, Michael H ^b   Cole, Libby L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

SIMULATED MANUAL ASSEMBLY TASK; UPPER EXTREMITY FATIGUE;

WORK-REST SCHEDULES;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; SHIFT WORKER; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032031932     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872098779480523     Document Type: Article

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