Interaction effects of wrist and forearm posture on the prediction of carpal tunnel syndrome cases within a fish-processing facility

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1011-1022

  Babski Reeves, Kari ^a   Crumpton Young, Lesia ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Deviated postures; Interaction effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038717480     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713610021     Document Type: Article

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