Musculoskeletal disorder risk during automotive assembly: Current vs. seated

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 671-678

  Ferguson, Sue A ^a   Marras, William S ^a   Gary Allread, W ^a   Knapik, Gregory G ^a   Splittstoesser, Riley E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive assembly; Intervention; Musculoskeletal disorder; Seated

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; DISEASES; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NANOCANTILEVERS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; VEHICLES;

ASSEMBLY PROCESS; AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLIES; INTERVENTION; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; SEATED;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BACK; CANTILEVER CHAIR INTERVENTION; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SHOULDER; SPINE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 84858072314     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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