Decreasing the physical workload of construction work with the use of four auxiliary handling devices

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-222

  Sillanpää, Jarmo ^a   Lappalainen, Jorma ^a   Kaukiainen, Anneli ^a   Viljanen, Matti ^a   Laippala, Pekka ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Auxiliary handling device; Construction work; Electromyograpy; Muscle load; Posture

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CONSTRUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCLE; VIDEO RECORDING;

AUXILIARY HANDLING DEVICE; MUSCLE LOAD; PHYSICAL WORKLOAD;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENT; LEG INJURY; MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCLE INJURY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER INJURY; VIDEORECORDING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032981539     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(98)00030-4     Document Type: Article

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