The effect on workload by using a support arm in parlour milking

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-132

  Stål, Marianne ^a   Pinzke, Stefan ^a   Hansson, Gert Åke ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Direct technical measurement; Electrogoniometry; Electromyography; New milking device; Physical workload; Upper extremities; Work related musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; MILKING MACHINES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

WORKLOAD;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; GONIOMETRY; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD; WRIST;

EID: 0038141076     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(03)00046-5     Document Type: Article

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