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Occupational kneeling and squatting: development and validation of an assessment method combining measurements and diaries

OBJECTIVES: As knee-straining postures such as kneeling and squatting are known to be risk factors for knee disorders, there is a need for effective exposure assessment at the workplace. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a method to capture knee-straining postures for entire work shift...

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Autores principales: Ditchen, Dirk M., Ellegast, Rolf P., Gawliczek, Tom, Hartmann, Bernd, Rieger, Monika A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4305088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24859645
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00420-014-0946-5