Measuring pandemic home-work conditions to determine ergonomic recommendation relevance.
BACKGROUND: Computer-intensive office work associations with health challenges may intensify following COVID-19 pandemic-related changes to home-based office work. OBJECTIVE: To determine working conditions, perception and physical elements affecting health after pivoting to full time home-work. MET...
| Published in: | Work Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 299 - 309 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2022
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