Orthostatic symptoms, blood pressure and working postures of factory and service workers over an observed workday

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 729-736

  Ngomo, Suzy ^a,b   Messing, Karen ^a   Perrault, Hélène ^c   Comtois, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Orthostatic intolerance; Standing

Indexed keywords

DROPS; HEALTH CARE;

HEALTH CARE WORKERS; MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYMPTOMS; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; STANDING; STANDING POSTURE; STATIC POSTURES; WORKING POSTURES;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; STANDING; WORKING TIME;

EID: 45249096073     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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