Dynamic lumped element response of the human fingerpad

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 178-183

  Pawluk, D T V ^a,b   Howe, R D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORY AIDS; STRESS RELAXATION; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

HUMAN FINGERPAD; PRECISION MANIPULATION; TACTILE SENSORY RESPONSE; VISCOELASTIC MODEL;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACCELERATION; ELASTICITY; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033118522     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2835100     Document Type: Article

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