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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Volume 5, 2008 - Issue 10
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How Long Is Long Enough? Evaluating Sampling Durations for Low Back EMG Assessment

Catherine M. Trask University of British Columbia, School of Environmental Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Kay Teschke University of British Columbia, School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene and Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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James Morrison Simon Fraser University, School of Kinesiology, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Peter Wallace Johnson University of Washington, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Seattle, Washington
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Judy Village University of British Columbia, School of Environmental Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Mieke Koehoorn University of British Columbia, School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene and Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Pages 664-670 | Published online: 04 Aug 2008

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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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Jonas Vinstrup, Markus D. Jakobsen, Pascal Madeleine & Lars L. Andersen. (2020) Biomechanical load during patient transfer with assistive devices: Cross-sectional study. Ergonomics 63:9, pages 1164-1174.
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Deepti Sood, Maury A. Nussbaum, Kris Hager & Helen C. Nogueira. (2017) Predicted endurance times during overhead work: influences of duty cycle and tool mass estimated using perceived discomfort. Ergonomics 60:10, pages 1405-1414.
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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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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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Dechristian França Barbieri, Divya Srinivasan, Svend Erik Mathiassen & Ana Beatriz Oliveira. (2019) Variation in upper extremity, neck and trunk postures when performing computer work at a sit-stand station. Applied Ergonomics 75, pages 120-128.
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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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Helen Cristina Nogueira, Francisco Locks, Dechristian França Barbieri & Ana Beatriz Oliveira. (2018) How does the biomechanical exposure of the upper body in manual box handling differ from exposure in other tasks in the real industrial context?. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 68, pages 8-14.
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Catherine Trask, Svend Erik Mathiassen & Mehdi Rostami. (2015) Partly visible periods in posture observation from video: Prevalence and effect on summary estimates of postures in the job. Applied Ergonomics 49, pages 63-69.
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. (2013) Statistical Performance of Observational Work Sampling for Assessment of Categorical Exposure Variables: A Simulation Approach Illustrated Using PATH Data. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene.
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Svend Erik Mathiassen, Per Liv & Jens Wahlström. (2013) Cost-efficient measurement strategies for posture observations based on video recordings. Applied Ergonomics 44:4, pages 609-617.
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Svend Erik Mathiassen, Jens Wahlström & Mikael Forsman. (2012) Bias and imprecision in posture percentile variables estimated from short exposure samples. BMC Medical Research Methodology 12:1.
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. (2011) Theoretical and Empirical Efficiency of Sampling Strategies for Estimating Upper Arm Elevation. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene.
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