Professional footwear evaluation for clinical nurses

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-141

  Chiu, Min Chi ^a   Wang, Mao Jiun J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Footwear; Hosiery; Musculoskeletal disorders; Nurse

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

FOOTWEAR; HOSIERY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; NURSE;

PERSONNEL;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOOT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOE; SITTING; STANDING; TIBIA; WALKING;

EID: 33750516317     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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