Development and initial assessment of objective fatigue measures for apple harvest work

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 719-727

  Earle Richardson, Giulia ^a   Jenkins, Paul L ^b   Strogatz, David ^c   Bell, Erin M ^c   May, John J ^a  

^a BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Migrant farmworkers; Musculoskeletal strain

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HARVESTING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ORCHARDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ARM STRENGTH MEASURES; FATIGUE MEASURES; MIGRANT FARMWORKERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL STRAIN;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

HEALTH; HUMAN FACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORCHARDS;

EID: 33745992633     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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