Muscular capabilities and workload of flight attendants for pushing and pulling trolleys aboard aircraft

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 883-892

  Schaub, Karlheinz ^a   Berg, Knut ^a   Winter, Gabriele ^a   Ellegast, Rolf ^b   Glitsch, Ulrich ^b   Jürgen Ottersbach, Hans ^b   Jäger, Matthias ^c   Franz, Gerhard ^d  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Occupational Safety   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^d Inst for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Vehicle Operating Trades in Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aircraft trolleys; Flight attendants; Muscular capability; Muscular workload; Push and pull; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BIOMETRICS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACKLESS TROLLEYS;

AIRCRAFT TROLLEYS; BIOMETRICAL DATA; FLIGHT ATTENDANTS; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTIONS; MUSCULAR CAPABILITIES; MUSCULAR CAPACITIES; MUSCULAR WORKLOADS;

BIOMECHANICS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 36049013349     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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