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Ooch, my hand! Hand-intensive work: do females and males performing identical tasks have the same wrist velocity and muscular activity?

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Introduction: Exposure assessment of wrist velocity and muscular activity in hand-intensive work are pillars in risk assessment of hand-intensive work in workplaces. Workers who are engaged in hand-intensive work, such as assembly and food processing, have an increased risk for musculoskeletal disorders [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]

Source: German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)

DOI: 10.3205/25premus030

Authors: Dahlgren, Gunilla, Liv, Per, Öhberg, Fredrik, Slunga Järvholm, Lisbeth, Forsman, Mikael, Rehn, Börje

Institutions: Umeå University, Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7080806941

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