The effect of handle angle on MAWL, wrist posture, RPE, and heart rate

Human Factors

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 553-565

  Wang, M J J ^a   Chung, H C ^a   Chen, H C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; ERGONOMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

WRIST POSTURE;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; GONIOMETRY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NORMAL HUMAN; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORKLOAD; WRIST;

EID: 0034456741     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872000779698079     Document Type: Article

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