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Profile of the musculoskeletal pain suffered by textile tufting workers handling thread cones according to work, age and employment duration / S. Montreuil, L. Laflamme and C. Tellier

Sumario: This paper studies the relationship between some socio-professional characteristics of workers carying out thread-cone handling tasks and their musculoskeletal pain profiles. No remarkable differences were found between the classes in relation to the proportion of workers showing body pain symptoms. The group of workers from 25 to 35 years of age appears to be the one most seriously affected by musculosketketal pain

En: Ergonomics. - London and Washington. - Vol. 39, nº 1, January 1996 ; p. 76-91

1. Ergonomía . 2. Lesiones musculares . 3. Biomecánica . 4. Condiciones de trabajo . 5. Postura . 6. Carga de materiales . 7. Industria textil . I. Laflamme, L. . II. Tellier, C. . III. Title. IV. Título: Ergonomics.