The Effects of Restricting Space a Study Involving a Patient-handling Task
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Nurses constitute the largest proportion of the healthcare industry’s workforce. Understanding job factors that impact their health and subsequent working life is essential. In general industry, work is often performed where space is restricted. Understanding how this factor changes the demand on a worker is key to maintaining both a safe work environment and an efficient workplace. This study evaluated the influence of space restriction on
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