Occupational posture exposure among construction electricians

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-92

  Moriguchi, Cristiane Shinohara ^a   Carnaz, Letícia ^a   Veiersted, Kaj Bo ^b   Hanvold, Therese N ^b   Hæg, Liv Berit ^b,c   Hansson, Gert åke ^d   Cote Gil Coury, Helenice Jane ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b Natl Inst of Occupational Health   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inclinometry; Musculoskeletal disorders; Overhead work; Postural recording

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

INCLINOMETRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATIONAL DIFFERENCES; OVERHEAD WORK; POSTURAL RECORDING; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SPECIFIC WORKS; WORKING POSTURES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

ADULT; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY REGIONS; BRAZILIAN; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ELECTRICIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; NORWEGIAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WORKER;

EID: 84866184873     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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