Occupational postural activity and lower extremity discomfort: A review

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-256

  Reid, Christopher R ^a   McCauley Bush, Pamela ^a   Karwowski, Waldemar ^a   Durrani, Samiullah K ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Body discomfort; Body posture; Joint position; Lower extremity; Occupational activity; Postural activity

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURES; INDUSTRY RELEVANCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLIMBING; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG DISEASE; MANUAL LABOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; SITTING; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION; WALKING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77951295642     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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