Activation force and travel effects on overexertion in repetitive key tapping

Human Factors

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 130-140

  Radwin, Robert G ^a,c   Jeng, One Jang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; HUMAN REACTION TIME; STRAIN GAGES; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; VISION;

ACTIVATION FORCE; INDEX FINGERS; KEY SWITCH DESIGN PARAMETERS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031106237     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872097778940605     Document Type: Article

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