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  1. Reyan Healme Rohanai, Affandi Mohd-Zainal, Jafri Mohd Rohani, Norlizaa Mohamad, Ismail Abdul Rahman
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    In the electronic industry, prolonged standing works are sometimes required continuously for hours. The physical efforts
    required lead to physiological and psychological fatigue resulting in reduced muscle performance. In order to recover from the muscle
    exertion, one of the solutions is through the administrative control of a suitable work-rest schedule. In this study, two different workrest
    conditions with identical total break time were investigated. An experiment was carried out when ten males’ workers were used
    in each condition. The perception of the operator regarding to the body part discomfort were carried out by exploratory survey. Then,
    Electromyography (EMG) was used to record the muscle fatigue of the participating workers throughout the experiment. Results
    indicate infrequent-long rest promotes lesser muscle efforts compared to frequent short. The frequent short rest for 5 minutes (2X5
    minutes) at first half of working day was not adequate to promote reduction on muscle fatigue. It was recommended that in order to
    ensure adequate muscle recovery, a more frequent rest of more than 2 times at the half of day, and more than 5 minutes for each rest
    should be given to workers.
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