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Efficient One-Day Sampling of Mechanical Job Exposure Data—A Study Based on Upper Trapezius Activity in Cleaners and Office Workers

Svend Erik Mathiassen School of Technology and Society, Malmö University, SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden e-mail: [email protected]; Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Alex Burdorf Department of Public Health, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Allard J. van der Beek Department of Social Medicine, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Gert-Åke Hansson Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Pages 196-211 | Published online: 04 Jun 2010

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Dechristian França Barbieri, Luiz Augusto Brusaca, Svend Erik Mathiassen, Divya Srinivasan & Ana Beatriz Oliveira. (2022) Effects on variation in shoulder, forearm and low back muscle activity from combining seated computer work with other productive office tasks: results from a simulation study. Ergonomics 65:6, pages 815-827.
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David I. Douphrate, Nathan B. Fethke, Matthew W. Nonnenmann, Anabel Rodriguez, Robert Hagevoort & David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras. (2017) Full-shift and task-specific upper extremity muscle activity among US large-herd dairy parlour workers. Ergonomics 60:8, pages 1042-1054.
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Dechristian França Barbieri, Divya Srinivasan, Svend Erik Mathiassen, Helen Cristina Nogueira & Ana Beatriz Oliveira. (2015) The ability of non-computer tasks to increase biomechanical exposure variability in computer-intensive office work. Ergonomics 58:1, pages 50-64.
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Tal Amasay & Andrew Karduna. (2013) Patient's Body Size Influences Dental Hygienist Shoulder Kinematics. IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors 1:3, pages 153-165.
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NathanB. Fethke, Fred Gerr, Dan Anton, JosephE. Cavanaugh & MarkT. Quickel. (2012) Variability in Muscle Activity and Wrist Motion Measurements Among Workers Performing Non-Cyclic Work. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 9:1, pages 25-35.
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J.M. Richter, S.E. Mathiassen, H.P. Slijper, E.A.B. Over & M.A. Frens. (2009) Differences in muscle load between computer and non-computer work among office workers. Ergonomics 52:12, pages 1540-1555.
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Leon Straker & Svend Erik Mathiassen. (2009) Increased physical work loads in modern work – a necessity for better health and performance?. Ergonomics 52:10, pages 1215-1225.
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Dwayne Van Eerd, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Anjali Mazumder, Donald Cole, Richard Wells & Anne Moore. (2009) Task exposures in an office environment: a comparison of methods. Ergonomics 52:10, pages 1248-1258.
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J. Village, M. Koehoorn, S. Hossain & A. Ostry. (2009) Quantifying tasks, ergonomic exposures and injury rates among school custodial workers. Ergonomics 52:6, pages 723-734.
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CatherineM. Trask, Kay Teschke, James Morrison, Peter Wallace Johnson, Judy Village & Mieke Koehoorn. (2008) How Long Is Long Enough? Evaluating Sampling Durations for Low Back EMG Assessment. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 5:10, pages 664-670.
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JudithE. Gold, Jung-Soon Park & Laura Punnett. (2006) Work routinization and implications for ergonomic exposure assessment. Ergonomics 49:1, pages 12-27.
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J Unge, Gert-åke Hansson, K Ohlsson, C Nordander, A Axmon, J Winkel & S Skerfving. (2005) Validity of self-assessed reports of occurrence and duration of occupational tasks. Ergonomics 48:1, pages 12-24.
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Therése Möller, Svend Erik Mathiassen, Helena Franzon & Steve Kihlberg. (2004) Job enlargement and mechanical exposure variability in cyclic assembly work. Ergonomics 47:1, pages 19-40.
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Svend Erik Mathiassen, Therése Möller & Mikael Forsman. (2003) Variability in mechanical exposure within and between individuals performing a highly constrained industrial work task. Ergonomics 46:8, pages 800-824.
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Denean M. Kelson, Svend Erik Mathiassen & Divya Srinivasan. (2019) Trapezius muscle activity variation during computer work performed by individuals with and without neck-shoulder pain. Applied Ergonomics 81, pages 102908.
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Joshua T. Kersten & Nathan B. Fethke. (2019) Radio frequency identification to measure the duration of machine-paced assembly tasks: Agreement with self-reported task duration and application in variance components analyses of upper arm postures and movements recorded over multiple days. Applied Ergonomics 75, pages 74-82.
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Denean Kelson, Divya Srinivasan & Svend Erik Mathiassen. (2018) Differences in trapezius muscle activation patterns in office workers with and without chronic neck-shoulder pain, as quantified through exposure variation analysis. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 62:1, pages 962-966.
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Jean A Pulido, Lope H Barrero, Svend Erik Mathiassen & Jack T Dennerlein. (2018) Correctness of Self-Reported Task Durations: A Systematic Review. Annals of Work Exposures and Health 62:1, pages 1-16.
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