Postural discomfort and perceived exertion in standardized box-holding postures

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1341-1367

  Olendorf, M R ^a   Drury, C G ^b  

^a Olin Chemical Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Ovako Working posture Analysing System (OWAS); Posture; Rated Perceived Exertion (RPE)

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

POSTRUAL STRESS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY POSTURE; ENDURANCE; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BACK; BIOPHYSICS; EXERTION; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; POSTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT-BEARING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0035894885     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130110085358     Document Type: Article

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