Relationships between observational estimates and physical measurements of upper limb activity

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 569-583

  Lowe, Brian D ^a   Krieg, Edward F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Force exertion; Repetition; Upper limb; WMSD risk factors

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; JOB ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DUTY CYCLES; FORCE EXERTION; JOINT VELOCITY; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL RISK FACTORS; REPETITION; REPETITIVE MOTIONS; TEMPORAL ASPECTS; UPPER LIMB; UPPER LIMB FORCE; UPPER LIMBS; WMSD RISK FACTORS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCURACY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL VALIDITY; JOB ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; ARM; BODY POSTURE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EXERCISE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 68349127094     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802449682     Document Type: Article

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