Precision of measurements of physical workload during standardized manual handling part III: Goniometry of the wrists

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1005-1012

  Balogh, I ^a   Ohlsson, K ^a   Nordander, C ^a   Skerfving, S ^a   Hansson, G Å ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assembly work; Exposure variability; Inter subjects; Intra subjects

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WORKLOAD; WRIST;

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 68949167529     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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