Variation between seated and standing/walking postures among male and female call centre operators

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Toomingas, Allan ^a,b   Forsman, Mikael ^a,b   Mathiassen, Svend Erik ^b   Heiden, Marina ^b   Nilsson, Tohr ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; LIMB; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SEX RATIO; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEPHONE; WALKING; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION CENTERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; TELEPHONE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WALKING; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84857664831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-154     Document Type: Article

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