Open AccessComparison of two different methods for performing combination analysis of force and posture risk factors in an epidemiological study
Author(s) -
Stephen Bao,
Ninica Howard,
Peregrin Spielholz,
Barbara Silverstein,
Nayak L. Polissar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3166
Subject(s) - epidemiology , environmental health , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation
This study aimed to introduce a method of simultaneous combination analysis of multiple exposureparameters for large epidemiological studies of work-related upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) andcompare this analysis method with the conventionally used job-level combination analysis method when applied inexposure-response analysis of work-related upper-extremity MSD.