Force response of the fingertip pulp to repeated compression - Effects of loading rate, loading angle and anthropometry

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1035-1040

  Serina, Elaine R ^a   Mote Jr , C D ^a   Rempel, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Univ of California Ergonom Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Fingertip; Pulp; Tapping

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPRESSION TESTING; CONTACT ANGLE; FORCE MEASUREMENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

FINGERTIP PULP;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE; COMPRESSION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERESIS; INDEX FINGER; LOADING TEST; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SOFT TISSUE; TENDON INJURY; VISCOELASTICITY; WRIST;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRESSURE;

EID: 0031259438     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(97)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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