Wrist motions in industry

Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 341-351

  Marras, William S ^a   Schoenmarxlin, Richard W ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Motion; Movement; Wrist; Wrist injuries; Wrist joint

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MANUAL CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POSITION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANGULAR ACCELERATION; ANGULAR VELOCITY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS (CTDS); KINEMATIC RISK FACTORS; WRIST MOTIONS; WRIST POSITION;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TENDON LESION; WRIST;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WRIST INJURIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0027587904     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139308967891     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Armstrong, T. J. 1983, An ergonomics guide to carpal tunnel syndrome, Ergonomics Guides (American Industrial Hygiene Association).
2. Armstrong, T. J. 1986, Ergonomics and cumulative trauma disorders, Hand Clinics, 2, 553-565.
3. Armstrong, T. J., Foulke, J. A., Joseph, B. S. and Goldstein, S. A. 1982, Investigation of cumulative trauma disorders in a poultry processing plant, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 43, 103-116.
4. Armstrong, TJ. Castelu, W.A., Evans, F.G. and Diaz-Perez, R. D. 1984, Some histological changes in carpal tunnel contents and their biomechanical implications, Journal of Occupational Medicine, 26, 197-201.
5. Barnes, R. M. 1981, Motion and Time Study (John Wiley, New York).
6. Marras, W. S. and Schoenmarklin, R. W. 1991, Quantification of wrist motion in highly repetitive, hand-intensive industrial jobs. Final Report. Grant nos. I R01 OH02621-01 and 02 funded by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
7. Moore, A., Wells, R. and Ranney, D. 1991, Quantifying exposure in occupational manual tasks with cumulative trauma disorder potential. Ergonomics, 34, 1433-1453.
8. Schoenmarklin, R. W. and Marras, W. S. 1990, A dynamic biomechanical model of the wrist joint, in Proceedings of the 34th meeting of the Human Factors Society, Orlando. FL, 805-809.
9. Silverstein, B. A., Fine, L. J. and Armstrong, T. J. 1986, Hand-wrist cumulative trauma disorders in industry, British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 43, 779-784.
10. Silverstein, B. A., Fine, L. J. and Armstrong, T. J. 1987, Occupational factors and carpal tunnel syndrome, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 11, 343-358.
11. Tanaka, S. and McGlotkun, J. D. 1989, A conceptual model to assess musculoskeletal stress of manual work for establishment of quantitative guidelines to prevent hand and wrist cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs), in A Mital (ed.)Advances in Industrial Ergonomics and Safety I (Taylor &. Francis, London), 419-425.