Accuracy and validity of observational estimates of shoulder and elbow posture

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-171

  Lowe, Brian D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Musculoskeletal disorders; Shoulder posture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DATA RECORDING; PATIENT MONITORING; VIDEO RECORDING;

ABDUCTION; FLEXION; VHS FORMAT; VIDEO-BASED OBSERVATIONAL POSTURE ANALYSIS;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELBOW; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 1942443205     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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