Data processing costs for three posture assessment methods

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Trask, Catherine ^a,b   Mathiassen, Svend Erik ^a   Jackson, Jennie ^a   Wahlström, Jens ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Back; Cost efficiency; Exposure; Inclinometry; Methods development; Observation; Questionnaire; Shoulder; Work related musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER; STATISTICS; TRUNK; VIDEORECORDING; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; POSTURE; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TORSO; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84885336051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-124     Document Type: Article

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