The working postures among schoolchildren - A controlled intervention study on the effects of newly designed workstations

Journal of School Health

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 240-247

  Saarni, Lea ^a   Nygård, Clas Håkan ^a   Rimpelä, Arja ^a   Nummi, Tapio ^b   Kaukiainen, Anneli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intervention; Posture; Schoolchildren; Workstation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FURNITURE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POSTURE; STUDENTS;

EID: 34047238440     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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