The effect of a work-conditioning programme on manual labourers in South African industry

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-259

  Scott, P A ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Industrially developing countries; Occupational injuries; Work conditioning programme

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

INDUSTRIALLY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; WORK CONDITIONING PROGRAMME;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GRIP STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033063640     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(98)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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