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Effects of a Job Rotation Intervention on Muscle Activity Variability and Health: A Case Study in a Swedish Commercial Laundromat

Jennie A. Jackson et al.

IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors2026https://doi.org/10.1080/24725838.2026.2639100article
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Occupational ApplicationsThis pre-post intervention case study found that team-based job rotation (JR) has the potential to increase job-level, within-worker variance bilaterally in trapezius and forearm muscle activity compared with baseline by a mean of 35%, and that an actual increase of 27% was achieved. Most workers experienced an increase in within-worker variance at all four muscle sites. At follow-up, over 45% of JR workers reported lower work demands, less fatigue after work, and feeling more rested and recovered when starting a workday compared to baseline; in contrast, some workers (0-4, depending on body part) reported higher musculoskeletal symptoms at follow-up. These results provide evidence from an occupational setting that a re-distribution of existing tasks can increase the average within-worker exposure variation and suggest that JR can lead to lower demands, lower fatigue, and better recovery; further consideration of the longer-term JR effects on musculoskeletal health is required.

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@article{jennie2026,
  title        = {{Effects of a Job Rotation Intervention on Muscle Activity Variability and Health: A Case Study in a Swedish Commercial Laundromat}},
  author       = {Jennie A. Jackson et al.},
  journal      = {IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/24725838.2026.2639100},
}

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