Upper limb dynamic responses to impulsive forces for selected assembly workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 72-79

  Sesto, Mary E ^a   Radwin, Robert G ^a,b   Block, Walter F ^a,c   Best, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearm; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mechanical model; Power tool use; Stiffness; Work related musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EDEMA; ERGONOMICS; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TORQUE; WORKER;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HAND INJURIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TORQUE; VIBRATION;

EID: 29244436883     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620500471239     Document Type: Article

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