The effects of working height and manipulated weights on subjective strain, body posture and muscular activity of milking parlor operatives - Laboratory study

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 753-761

  Jakob, Martina ^a   Liebers, Falk ^b   Behrendt, Sylvia ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; MSD; Workload assessment

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; MACHINERY; STRAIN RATE;

BODY POSTURE ANALYSIS; DAIRY FARMING; GENERAL LINEAR MODELS; MUSCULAR ACTIVITIES; PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; WORKLOAD ASSESSMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; LABORATORY TEST; MILKING HEIGHT; MILKING PARLOR OPERATIVE; MILKING UNIT WEIGHT; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRAIN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; WEIGHT; WEIGHT BEARING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84858079559     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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