Open AccessAssessing the effects of biomechanical overload on dairy parlor workers’ wrist: Definition of a study approach and preliminary results
Author(s) -
Federica Masci,
Massimo Tassoni,
M Bossi,
Alberto Magenta Biasina,
Graziano Serrao,
John Rosecrance,
Claudio Colosio
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1875-9270
pISSN - 1051-9815
DOI - 10.3233/wor-162462
Subject(s) - wrist , medicine , milking , physical therapy , workload , upper limb , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , archaeology , computer science , history , operating system
Dairy milking is a demanding work task that has been associated with hand and wrist musculoskeletal disorders. Clinical approaches to identify the early effects of musculoskeletal disorders among dairy parlor workers' wrist have not been well defined.