Comparison of stoop versus prone postures for a simulated agricultural harvesting task

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 549-555

  Meyer, Robert H ^a   Radwin, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Fatigue; Posture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; JOB ANALYSIS; MUSCLE;

ERECTOR SPINAE; HEART RATE (HR); MEAN POWER FREQUENCY; WORKSTATION;

HARVESTING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; HAMSTRING; HARVESTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; REST; SIMULATION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34249710261     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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