Ergonomic design of carpet weaving hand tools

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 581-587

  Motamedzade, Majid ^a   Choobineh, Alireza ^b   Mououdi, Mohammad Amin ^c   Arghami, Shirazeh ^d  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carpet weaving; Ergonomic design; Hand tools; Upper limbs musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

CARPET MANUFACTURE; ERGONOMICS; HAND TOOLS; STATISTICAL METHODS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

CARPET WEAVING; ERGONOMIC DESIGN; UPPER LIMB MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS (MSDS);

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CARPET WEAVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; KNIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCISSORS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL AID; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WEAVING COMB;

EID: 34250843158     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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