Transportation with hospital beds

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-392

  Petzäll, Kerstin ^a,b,d   Petzäll, Jan ^c  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^d MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Hospital beds; Manual handling

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL BEDS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TRANSPORTATION; WHEELS;

CASTOR WHEELS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCEPTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0041669226     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(02)00140-0     Document Type: Article

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