Agreement between a frequency-weighted filter for continuous biomechanical measurements of repetitive wrist flexion against a load and published psychophysical data

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 459-475

  Lin, Mei Li ^a   Radwin, Robert G ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Force; Psychophysics; Wrist

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMECHANICS; DIGITAL FILTERS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY WEIGHTED FILTERS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; DIGITAL FILTERING; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WRIST;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSATION; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0032055795     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398186946     Document Type: Article

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