Effects of pace and stress on upper extremity kinematic responses in sign language interpreters

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-289

  Qin, J ^a   Marshall, M ^a   Mozrall, J ^a   Marschark, M ^b  

^a Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pace; Psychosocial stress; Repetitive motion; Sign language interpreting

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; LINGUISTICS; MECHANICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RANGE FINDING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COGNITIVE DEMANDS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; KINEMATIC VARIABLES; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; SIGN LANGUAGES; UPPER EXTREMITIES;

KINEMATICS;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; KINEMATICS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH; VELOCITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SIGN LANGUAGE; TRANSLATING; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 47349117767     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701617025     Document Type: Article

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