Integration of immersive environment and rula for real-time study of workplace related musculoskeletal disorders in the upper limb

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1 B, Issue , 2003, Pages 1163-1171

  Shaikh, Imtiyaz ^a   Jayaram, Sankar ^a   Kim, YoungJun ^a   Jayaram, Uma ^a   Choi, Hongsoo ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; ERGONOMICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; RAPID UPPER LIMB ASSESSMENT (RULA);

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 1842712393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2003/cie-48298     Document Type: Conference Paper

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