Hand/tool interface effects on human torque capacity

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 205-213

  Shih, Yuh Chuan ^a   Wang, Mao Jiun J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gloves; Handle; Supination torque exertion

Indexed keywords

HAND TOOLS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MANUAL CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; TORQUE;

GLOVES; HANDLE; HUMAN TORQUE CAPACITY; MAXIMUM VOLITIONAL TORQUE EXERTION; SUPINATION TORQUE EXERTION;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; GLOVE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

EID: 0030248992     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-8141(95)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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