The effects of an office ergonomics training and chair intervention on worker knowledge, behavior and musculoskeletal risk

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-135

  Robertson, Michelle ^a   Amick III, Benjamin C ^b   DeRango, Kelly ^c   Rooney, Ted ^d   Bazzani, Lianna ^d   Harrist, Ron ^e   Moore, Anne ^f  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c Health and Work Outcomes ^*

^d Health and Work Outcomes   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal risk; Office ergonomics intervention; Training

Indexed keywords

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SEATS;

DESIGN MODELING; ERGONOMIC KNOWLEDGE; INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM; INTERVENTION STUDIES; OFFICE ERGONOMICS; OFFICE ERGONOMICS INTERVENTIONS; OFFICE WORKERS; TRAINING PROGRAM;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY POSTURE; CHAIR; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 51349088655     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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