Push/pull strength of agricultural workers in central India

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Tiwari, P S ^a   Gite, L P ^a   Majumder, J ^a   Pharade, S C ^a   Singh, V V ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural machinery; Agricultural workers; Central India; Push pull strength

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; CENTRAL INDIA; DESIGN CRITERION; HORIZONTAL PLANES; MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING; MEAN AGES; MEAN VALUES; MEASUREMENT SETUP; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PULL STRENGTH; STANDING POSTURE; STRENGTH VALUES;

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; COILED TUBING; MATERIALS HANDLING; PLANT LAYOUT;

STRENGTHENING (METAL);

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 71949103531     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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