Tractor-driving hours and their relation to self-reported low-back and hip symptoms

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-146

  Toren A ^a   Oberg K ^b   Lembke, B ^c   Enlund, K ^c   Rask Andersen, A ^c  

^a Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI)   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hip symptoms; Low back symptoms; Tractor driving hours

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DATA ACQUISITION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

LOW-BACK SYMPTOMS;

ERGONOMICS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRIVER; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PLOWING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036191460     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(01)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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