The effects of safety handrails and the heights of scaffolds on the subjective and objective evaluation of postural stability and cardiovascular stress in novice and expert construction workers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 574-581

  Min, Seung Nam ^a   Kim, Jung Yong ^a   Parnianpour, Mohamad ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular stress; Construction scaffold; Postural stability

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEALTH RISKS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RAILINGS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SCAFFOLDS; STABILITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS; CONSTRUCTION SCAFFOLDS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCES; POSTURAL STABILITY; SAFETY AND HEALTHS; SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS; CARPENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; STANDING; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84855870829     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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