Responsive upper limb and cognitive fatigue measures during light precision work: an 8-hour simulated micro-pipetting study

Ergonomics

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 940-956

  Yung, Marcus ^a   Wells, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

daylong; low load work; mental fatigue work measurement; Physical fatigue

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; SET THEORY;

COGNITIVE MECHANISMS; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION FREQUENCY; DAYLONG; LOW LOAD; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL FATIGUES; WORK MEASUREMENT; WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

COGNITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTOR; UPPER LIMB; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

COGNITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990964631     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2016.1242782     Document Type: Article

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