A physical workload index to evaluate a safe resident handling program for nursing home personnel

Human Factors

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 669-683

  Kurowski, Alicia ^a   Buchholz, Bryan ^a   Punnett, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

ergonomic tools and methods; health care ergonomics; intervention effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HOSPITALS; NURSING; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; ERGONOMIC TOOLS; HEALTH CARE ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE WORKERS; INTERVENTION EFFECTIVENESS; OBSERVATIONAL PROTOCOLS;

SAFE HANDLING;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; PATIENT LIFTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE; STANDARD; WORKLOAD;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; POSTURE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84900548914     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720813509268     Document Type: Article

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