Musculoskeletal problems in Iranian hand-woven carpet industry: Guidelines for workstation design

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 617-624

  Choobineh, Alireza ^a   Hosseini, Mostafa ^b   Lahmi, Mohammadali ^c   Khani Jazani, Reza ^d   Shahnavaz, Houshang ^e  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e Industrial Ergonomics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hand woven carpet industry; Musculoskeletal problems; Weaving workstation design

Indexed keywords

CARPET MANUFACTURE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

HAND-WOVEN CARPET INDUSTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS; WEAVING WORKSTATION DESIGN; WORKSTATIONS;

TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34249814311     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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