TY - GEN
T1 - Biomechanical risk factors for knee disorders in Carpenters
AU - Fulmer, Scott
AU - Jing, Xiaolu
AU - Yuan, Lu
AU - Dasgupta, Priyadarshini Sengupta
AU - Schugardt, Brad
AU - Dale, Ann Marie
AU - Punnett, Laura
AU - Buchholz, Bryan
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - Years of occupational health research in construction indicated that more information was needed to help bring proper attention to specific suffering by certain construction trades. In this study, knee disorders in Carpenter specialties were examined by observation and expert opinion in order to rank specific factors of exposure. Ergonomic profiles for an exhaustive taxonomy of their work were found. A comparison of validated methods of exposure assessment was useful in identifying key factors of exposure, and to strengthen the epidemiologic link between the task-exposure matrix and outcomes of knee disorder.
AB - Years of occupational health research in construction indicated that more information was needed to help bring proper attention to specific suffering by certain construction trades. In this study, knee disorders in Carpenter specialties were examined by observation and expert opinion in order to rank specific factors of exposure. Ergonomic profiles for an exhaustive taxonomy of their work were found. A comparison of validated methods of exposure assessment was useful in identifying key factors of exposure, and to strengthen the epidemiologic link between the task-exposure matrix and outcomes of knee disorder.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952969729&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1518/107118110X12829369834726
DO - 10.1518/107118110X12829369834726
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79952969729
SN - 9781617820885
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 1224
EP - 1228
BT - 54th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2010, HFES 2010
T2 - 54th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2010, HFES 2010
Y2 - 27 September 2010 through 1 October 2010
ER -