A search for risk factors of upper extremity disorders among forest machine operators: A comparison between France and Norway

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1017-1027

  Østensvik, Tove ^a   Veiersted, Kaj Bo ^b   Cuchet, Emmanuel ^c   Nilsen, Petter ^a   Hanse, Jan Johansson ^d   Carlzon, Caisa ^e   Winkel, Jørgen ^d,f  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^c AFOCEL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal disorders; Performance; Surface electromyography; Sustained low level muscle activity; Value adding work; Work demands

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; PERFORMANCE; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; SUSTAINED LOW-LEVEL MUSCLE ACTIVITY; VALUE-ADDING WORK; WORK DEMANDS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FOREST; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACHINE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; OPERATOR; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 54949091553     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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