"Occupational backache" - Surface electromyography demonstrates the advantage of an ergonomic versus a standard microscope workstation

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 492-497

  Kofler, Markus ^a   Kreczy, Alfons ^b   Gschwendtner, Andreas ^b  

^a Hospital Hochzirl   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Ergonomics; Microscope workstation; Occupational medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MICROSCOPE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION HEADACHE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; BACKACHE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; FURNITURE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE;

EID: 0036546385     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0576-6     Document Type: Article

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