Psychophysically determined work-cycle parameters for repetitive hand gripping

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-42

  Abu Ali, Mahmoud ^a   Purswell, Jerry L ^b   Schlegel, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

CTD; CTS; Gripping; Psychophysics; Work cycle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0030065596     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-8141(94)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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