Gender Differences in Work Performance on the Baltimore Therapeutic Equipment Work Simulator.
Objectives. The purposes of this study were to (a) establish biomechanical and physiological normative data for healthy young women performing three tasks on the Baltimore Therapeutic Equipment work simulator (BTE): wheel-turn, push-pull, and overhead-reach; and h) compare these data with previously...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 405 - 412 |
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American Occupational Therapy Association
May1995
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