Isometric strength of agricultural workers of Meghalaya: A case study of an Indian population

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 919-923

  Agrawal, K N ^a   Singh, R K P ^b   Satapathy, K K ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING   (India)

^b ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Farm machinery; Isometric strength; Leg strength; Pull force; Push force

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; FARM MACHINERY; ISOMETRIC STRENGTH; LEG STRENGTH; PULL FORCE; PUSH FORCE;

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS; FARMS; HAND TOOLS; MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINERY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; ISOMETRICS; MACHINE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TORQUE;

EID: 70349849424     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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