Muscular and cold strain of female workers in meatpacking work

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 713-720

  Sormunen, Erja ^a,b   Oksa, Juha ^b   Pienimäki, Tuomo ^b   Rissanen, Sirkka ^b   Rintamäki, Hannu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cooling; Electromyography (EMG); Forearm; Muscle; Repetitive work

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COOLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MEATS; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

FOREARM; MEAT PROCESSING FACTORY; MUSCULAR STRAIN; REPETITIVE WORK;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOREARM; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MEAT INDUSTRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SHOULDER; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WRIST;

EID: 33746301756     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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