Cumulative postural exposure measured by a novel device: A preliminary study

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 858-865

  Ribeiro, Daniel Cury ^a   Sole, Gisela ^a   Abbott, J Haxby ^b   Milosavljevic, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Posture; Posture monitoring; Reliability; Trunk posture analysis

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; EXPOSURE THRESHOLD; LOW BACK PAIN; MONITORING DEVICE; NOVEL DEVICES; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTIONS; RESIDENTIAL HOMES; TRUNK POSTURE ANALYSIS; WORK POSTURES; WORK SHIFTS;

HEALTH CARE; RELIABILITY;

MONITORING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIP; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOVEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053114365     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.600776     Document Type: Article

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