Effects of gender and reach distance on risks of musculoskeletal injuries in an assembly task

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 61-71

  O'Sullivan, L W ^a   Gallwey, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gender; Individual differences; Postures; Reach; Risk of injury

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; DATA REDUCTION; ERGONOMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; ERGONOMICS; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; INDUSTRY; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036139015     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(01)00049-X     Document Type: Article

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