Fatigue during prolonged intermittent overhead work: Reliability of measures and effects of working height

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-513

  Sood, Deepti ^a   Nussbaum, Maury A ^a   Hager, Kris ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fatigue; Intermittent work; Overhead work; Perceived discomfort; Reliability; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARDS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MUSCLE; RELIABILITY;

OVERHEAD WORK HEIGHT; RATINGS OF PERCEIVED DISCOMFORT (RPD); SHOULDER PAIN;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847329615     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130601133800     Document Type: Article

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