Maximum acceptable forces for repetitive ulnar deviation of the wrist

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 509-517

  Snook, Stover H ^a   Vaillancourt, Donald R ^a   Ciriello, Vincent M ^a   Webster, Barbara S ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

CTDs; Maximum acceptable forces; Psychophysics; Ulnar deviation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAUMATIC SHOCK; WORK; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0030745935     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119791012603     Document Type: Article

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