Forearm muscular load and wrist angle among automobile assembly line workers in relation to symptoms

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-47

  Hägg, Göran M ^a   Öster, John ^b   Byström, Sven ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b Lindholmen Development   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assembly work; Hand; Muscle load; Wrist angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CAR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RADIUS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; ULNA; VELOCITY; WRIST;

EID: 17044456229     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(96)00033-6     Document Type: Article

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