Effects of progressive levels of industrial automation on force and repetitive movements of the wrist

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 587-595

  Coury, Helenice Jane Cote Gil ^a   Alfredo Léo, Jorge ^a   Kumar, Shrawan ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrogoniometer; Repetitive movements; Work related musculoskeletal disorders; Wrist movements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; FORCE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; MEASUREMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 0343527934     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(99)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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