Effects of Work Exposure on Maximum Acceptable Repetition Rates in a Manual Torquing Task

Repetitive and forceful exertions have been dentified as an important risk factor for occupational injuries. One method used to determine appropriate exposures to these and other risk factors is psychophysics, which is based on individual perceptions of task demands and/or risk. Effects of work ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kant, Ravi
Other Authors: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34277
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07312007-111030/