The need for a lower extremity risk assessment model

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 887-891

  Reid, Christopher R ^a   McCauley Bush, Pamela ^a   Karwowski, Waldemar ^a   McMullin, Dianne L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Ergonomics Applications   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ERGONOMIC RISK ASSESSMENTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LOWER EXTREMITY; RISK ASSESSMENT MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SKELETAL SYSTEM; SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS; WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77951560053     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118109x12524442638344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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