Electromyographic and subjective evaluation of hand tools: The example of masons' trowels

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-106

  Strasser, Helmut ^a   Wang, Baoqiu ^a   Hoffmann, Adolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Product ergonomics; Subjective assessment; Tools

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HAND TOOLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVEYS;

PRODUCT ERGONOMICS; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; TROWEL;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0030198967     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-8141(94)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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