Participatory ergonomic processes to reduce musculoskeletal disorders: Summary of a Québec experience

Work

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-135

  St Vincent, Marie ^a   Bellemare, M ^b   Toulouse, G ^a   Tellier, C ^a  

^a Inst Rech Robert Sauve S S   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation of intervention; Musculoskeletal disorders; Participatory ergonomics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CANADA; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; ERGONOMICS; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUEBEC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748581347     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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