Equal task, equal exposure? Are men and women with the same tasks equally exposed to awkward working postures?

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1079-1086

  Hooftman, Wendela E ^a,b   van der Beek, Allard J ^a   van de Wal, Bregje G ^a   Knol, Dirk L ^a   Bongers, Paulien M ^a,b   Burdof, Alex ^c   van Mechelen, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Gender difference; Observation; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE WORKERS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYMPTOMS; OBSERVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK GROUPS; WORKING POSTURES;

VIDEO RECORDING;

SURVEYS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 73949114949     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130902915921     Document Type: Article

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