Perception of surface pressure applied to the hand

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1274-1282

  Johansson, Lena ^a   Kjellberg, Anders ^a   Kilbom, Åsa ^a   Hägg, Göran M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hand; Perception; Pressure; Pressure thresholds; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

HAND TOOLS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SENSORY PERCEPTION;

PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT; SURFACE PRESSURE;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PRESSURE SENSE; THENAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0032848536     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399184947     Document Type: Article

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