The effect of handle height and cart load on the initial hand forces in cart pushing and pulling

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1099-1113

  Al Eisawi, Khaled W ^a   Kerk, Carter J ^b   Congleton, Jerome J ^c   Amendola, Alfred A ^c   Jenkins, Omer C ^c   Gaines Jr , William G ^d  

^a Research Group   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dept of Occup and Environ Med ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Carts; Initial hand forces; Pull; Push

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HAND FORCES;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FORCE; GENDER; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; STRENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032808195     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185162     Document Type: Article

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