Evaluating factors that influence hand-arm stress while operating an electric screwdriver

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-289

  Chang, Chih Hung ^a   Wang, Mao Jiun J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activation mode; Finger force; Hand arm stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FINGER; FORCE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; STRESS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033997561     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(99)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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