Risk factors for lower extremity fatigue among assembly plant workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 216-223

  Gell, Nancy ^a   Werner, Robert A ^a,b,c   Hartigan, Anne ^a   Wiggermann, Neal ^c   Keyserling, W Monroe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Veteran Affairs Health System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Lower extremity; Work related

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; CAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOMOBILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEG; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 79551625656     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20918     Document Type: Article

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