Evaluation of four sensor locations for physical activity assessment

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 103-109

  Schall, Mark C ^a   Fethke, Nathan B ^b   Chen, Howard ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Low back; Musculoskeletal disorders; Physical activity; Posture; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; SHOULDERS (ROAD); UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

LOW BACK; METABOLIC EQUIVALENTS (METS); MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; ONE-WAY ANALYSES OF VARIANCES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSESSMENTS; POSTURE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

LOCATION;

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSOR; SHIFT WORKER; SHOULDER PAIN; WORKING TIME; ACCELERATION; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ARM; BACK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING STAFF; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELERATION; ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; ARM; BACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953931631     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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