Efficacy of adjusting working height and mechanizing of transport on physical work demands and local discomfort in construction work

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 772-783

  van der Molen, Henk F ^a,b   Grouwstra, Robin ^c   Kuijer, P Paul F M ^a,c   Sluiter, Judith K ^a   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Arbouw   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction work; Ergonomic measures; Intervention; Lower back; Manual materials handling; MSD; Physical work demands; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

BRICK; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MASS TRANSFER; MECHANIZATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKING HEIGHT;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MANUAL LABOR; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SHOULDER PAIN; TRUNK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKLOAD;

BIOMECHANICS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EXERTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 3142722734     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013042000193309     Document Type: Article

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