Dynamic leg volume changes when sitting in a locked and free floating tilt oé ce chair

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 421-433

  Stranden, Einar ^a  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dynamic Sitting; Oe C Chairs; Oedema; Oedema Prevention; Plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EDEMA; LOWER LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEAT; SITTING;

ADULT; EDEMA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0034118407     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401300184503     Document Type: Article

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