Exposure assessment of kneeling work activities among floor layers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-325

  Jensen, L K ^a   Rytter, S ^a,b   Bonde, J P ^c  

^a SKIVE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exposure; Floor layers; Kneeling

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); VIDEO RECORDING;

BODY WEIGHT; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; KNEE JOINT; KNEELING; WORK ACTIVITIES; WORK TASK;

FLOORS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FLOOR LAYER; FORCE; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; KINESIOLOGY; KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETRIC TEST; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT BEARING; WORKER;

EID: 70350776508     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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