The Effects of Job Rotation Parameters on Localized Muscle Fatigue and Performance: An Investigation of Rotation Frequency and Task Order

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) remain a substantial problem in the workplace. Rotation, in which workers are rotated between tasks, is widely used as an administrative control, as it is considered to reduce WMSD risk through reducing physical exposures and increasing exposure variat...

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Main Author: Horton, Leanna Marie
Other Authors: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27223
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04242012-143711/