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IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors Volume 7, 2019 - Issue 3-4: Occupational Exoskeletons, Guest Editors: Maury A. Nussbaum, Brian D. Lowe, Michiel de Looze, Carisa Harris-Adamson, Marty Smets
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The Amount of Support Provided by a Passive Arm Support Exoskeleton in a Range of Elevated Arm Postures

Aijse de VriesSustainable Productivity and Employability, Healthy Living, TNO, Leiden, The Netherlands; Correspondence[email protected]
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Molly MurphySustainable Productivity and Employability, Healthy Living, TNO, Leiden, The Netherlands; ;Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Reinier KönemannSustainable Productivity and Employability, Healthy Living, TNO, Leiden, The Netherlands;
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Idsart KingmaFaculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2368-3935
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Michiel de LoozeSustainable Productivity and Employability, Healthy Living, TNO, Leiden, The Netherlands; ;Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5810-9111
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Pages 311-321 | Received 24 Apr 2019, Accepted 16 Sep 2019, Published online: 07 Oct 2019

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S. J. Baltrusch, F. Krause, A. W. de Vries & M. P. de Looze. (2023) Arm-support exoskeleton reduces shoulder muscle activity in ceiling construction. Ergonomics 0:0, pages 1-13.
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Maury A. Nussbaum, Brian D. Lowe, Michiel de Looze, Carisa Harris-Adamson & Marty Smets. (2019) An Introduction to the Special Issue on Occupational Exoskeletons. IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors 7:3-4, pages 153-162.
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