Falls and working individuals: Role of extrinsic and intrinsic factors

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1330-1339

  Gauchard, G ^a,b   Chau, N ^a,b   Mur, J M ^a,b   Perrin, P ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UFR STAPS   (France)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Falls; Imbalance; Postural control; Workers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

FALLS;

ERGONOMICS;

BODY POSTURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FALLING; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE;

EID: 0035889868     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130110084791     Document Type: Review

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