Motor adaptation capacity as a function of age in carrying out a repetitive assembly task at imposed work paces

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 64, Issue , 2017, Pages 47-55

  Gilles, Martine Annie ^a   Guélin, Jean Charles ^a   Desbrosses, Kévin ^a   Wild, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Motor adaptation; Work pace

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

MOTOR ADAPTATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; REPETITIVE ASSEMBLIES; REPETITIVE TASK; TIME CONSTRAINTS; VERTICAL FORCE; WORK PACES; WORKING POPULATION;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOWER LIMB; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; ADAPTATION; AGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; UPPER LIMB; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOVEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UPPER EXTREMITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85019230737     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2017.04.007     Document Type: Article

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