Support of the upper limbs of office workers during a daily work journey.
Generally, the studies assess the upper limbs postures during the work with Visual Display Terminal - VDT through the measurement of the angles formed by the segments or through the relation with the pre-defined anatomical postures (e.g., flexion, extension, abduction). However, few studies were fou...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 41; pp. 676 - 683 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2012 Supplement
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