Physical workload in neck, shoulders and wrists/hands in dental hygienists during a work-day

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 803-811

  Akesson I ^a   Balogh, I ^a   Hansson, G A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Goniometry; Inclinometry

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GONIOMETERS; MACHINERY;

50TH PERCENTILES; EXTENSOR MUSCLES; GONIOMETRY; INCLINOMETRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; PHYSICAL WORKLOADS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WRIST FLEXION;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENERAL PRACTICE; GONIOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL WORKLOAD; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REST; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WORKLOAD; WRIST;

EID: 84858073355     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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