Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Performance of physical tasks in pregnancy

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Performance of physical tasks in pregnancy / J.A. Nicholls and D.W. Grieve

Sumario: The present study aimed to identify the problems that arise in the performance of physical tasks and to identify the underlying reasons for and the relative importance of these problems. Two hundred women in the third trimester of a first pregnancy were interviewed. The data were analysed to identify the activities whose performance was most and least affected by pregnancy, indicating that the pregnant conditions affects perceived difficulty of performance in many activities

En: Ergonomics. - London and Washington. - Vol. 35, nº 3, March 1992 ; p. 301-311

1. Ergonomía . 2. Biomecánica . 3. Gestación . 4. Mujeres . 5. Columna vertebral . 6. Dolor . 7. Medicina laboral . I. Grieve, Donald W. . II. Título. III. Título: Ergonomics.