Ergonomic recommendations and their role in cardiac sonography

Work

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-218

  Horkey, Jenny ^a   King, Phyllis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Awkward postures; Cardiac sonography; Ergonomics; Intervention; Musculoskeletal disorders; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; SAFETY;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 4143076088     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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