Postural sway measurements: A potential safety monitoring technique for workers wearing personal protective equipment

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 256-266

  Kincl, Laurel D ^a   Bhattacharya, Amit ^a   Succop, Paul A ^a   Clark, C Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Personal protective equipment; Postural sway measurements; Safety monitoring technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY; STABILOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OHIO; POSTURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036209180     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220252826565     Document Type: Article

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