Development of discomfort and vascular and muscular changes during a prolonged standing task

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-33

  Antle, David M ^a,b,c   Vézina, Nicole ^c   Messing, Karen ^c   Côté, Julie N ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

blood flow; discomfort; electromyography; ergonomics; Prolonged standing work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881436278     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/OER-130205     Document Type: Article

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