Leg swelling, comfort and fatigue when sitting, standing, and sit/standing

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 289-296

  Chester, Mandy R ^a   Rys, Malgorzata J ^a   Konz, Stephan A ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance method; Lower leg swelling; Sit stand chair; Sitting; Standing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DECISION MAKING;

SWELLINGS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY POSTURE; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; LEG EDEMA; LOWER LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036223836     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(01)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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