Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering (산업경영시스템학회지)
- Volume 19 Issue 40
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- Pages.311-319
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- 1996
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- 2005-0461(pISSN)
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- 2287-7975(eISSN)
The Impact of CTD on Industry and an Ergonomic Prevention program
누적외상병이 산업계에 미치는 영향과 인간공학적 예방프로그램
Abstract
Cumulative trauma disorders (CTD) refer to a category of physical signs and symptoms due to chronic musculoskeletal injuries where the antecedents appear to be related to some aspect of repetitive work which can be found commonly in modern industries. This paper describes impacts of CTD on modern industry and summarizes recent resent research efforts and suggests an ergonomic program to prevent incident of CTD in hand-intensive industry.
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