Relationships between subjective and objective measures in assessing postural stresses

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 277-282

  Kee, Dohyung ^a   Lee, Inseok ^b  

^a Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^b Hankyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Musculoskeletal disorders; Physical loading; Postural stress

Indexed keywords

STRESS ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

BODY PART DISCOMFORTS; COMPRESSIVE FORCES; DISCOMFORT; LINEARLY PROPORTIONAL; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; POSTURAL STRESS; SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MEASURES;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BORG CR10 SCALE; COMPRESSIVE FORCE; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN; LIFTING INDEX; LUMBAR DISK; MAXIMUM HOLDING TIME; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTURAL STRESS; POSTURE HOLDING TIME; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SHOULDER FLEXION; TORQUE;

EID: 80054679184     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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