Dynamic biomechanical model of the hand and arm in pistol grip power handtool usage

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-312

  Lin, Jia Hua ^a   Radwin, R G ^a   Richard, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative trauma; Eccentric exertion; Force; Musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FORCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TORQUE; TORSION; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; POSTURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0035138377     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130118167     Document Type: Article

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