Ergonomic Job Design to Accommodate and Prevent Musculoskeletal Disabilities

Assistive Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 88-93

  Waters, Thomas R ^a   MacDonald, Leslie A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; Diversity; Ergonomic interventions; Job accommodation; Musculoskeletal disorders; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; JOB ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT REHABILITATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

WORK-RELATED INJURY;

ERGONOMICS;

AGING; DISABILITY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; WORK;

CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0035784169     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2001.10132039     Document Type: Article

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