Ergonomic interventions for the furniture manufacturing industry. Part II - Handtools

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 275-287

  Mirka, Gary A ^a   Shivers, Carrie ^a   Smith, Christy ^a   Taylor, James ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative trauma disorders; EMG; Furniture industry; Intervention research; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SPRAY GUNS;

INJURY RISKS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; EVALUATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FORCE; FURNITURE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAND GRIP; HAND MUSCLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; WORKER; WRIST;

EID: 0036229863     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(01)00068-3     Document Type: Article

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