Determination of worker physiological cost in workspace reach envelopes

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 330-342

  Sengupta, Arijit K ^a   Das, Biman ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Heart rate; Metabolic cost; Oxygen uptake; Reach envelope; Workstation design

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARDIOLOGY; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEART RATE (HR); OXYGEN UPTAKE;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

BACK; BIOMECHANICS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERSONAL SPACE; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORK;

EID: 1042281007     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013032000157850     Document Type: Article

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