Ergonomic redesign of the electric guitar

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-67

  Marmaras, Nikos ^a   Zarboutis, Nikos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Equipment design; Musicial instruments; Redesign methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; FINGER; INSTRUMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 0031029392     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(96)00032-4     Document Type: Article

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