Effects of work surface height on muscle activity and posture of the upper extremity during simulated pipetting

Ergonomics

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1147-1158

  Park, Jung Keun ^a,b,c   Buchholz, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

^c INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

discomfort; muscle activity; pipetting; posture; work surface height

Indexed keywords

DISCOMFORT; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; PIPETTING; POSTURE; WORK SURFACE HEIGHT;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880507978     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2013.799234     Document Type: Article

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