The effect of a tilting seat on back, lower back and legs during sitting work

Industrial Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-381

  Udo, Hiroshi ^a   Fujimura, Masahiko ^a   Yoshinaga, Fumitaka ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leg swelling; Lower back pain; Rocking chair; Sitting work; Tilting seat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHAIR; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPEDANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SITTING; TILTING; VIDEORECORDING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032710207     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.37.369     Document Type: Article

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