The effects of shift work and time of day on fine motor control during handwriting

Ergonomics

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1488-1498

  Hölzle, Patricia ^a   Hermsdörfer, Joachim ^a   Vetter, Céline ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

field study; fine motor control; handwriting; kinematic analysis; rotating shift

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

FIELD STUDIES; FINE MOTOR CONTROL; HANDWRITING; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; ROTATING SHIFT;

KINEMATICS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR; WORK SCHEDULE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907575758     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2014.935746     Document Type: Article

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