Ergonomic risk factors for the wrists of hairdressers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-105

  Chen, Hsieh Ching ^a   Chang, Cha Mei ^a   Liu, Yung Ping ^a   Chen, Chih Yong ^b  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ergonomic risk factors; Musculoskeletal disorder; Workload

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; DATA LOGGER; ERGONOMIC RISK FACTORS; FORCE EXERTION; HAIR CUTTING; MECHANICAL EXPOSURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; WORKLOAD;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FORCE; FOREARM; HAIRDRESSER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VELOCITY; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 70349766895     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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