The twisting force of aged consumers when opening a jar

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-109

  Voorbij, A I M ^a   Steenbekkers, L P A ^b  

^a FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gerontechnology; Jar opening; Twisting force

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; PACKAGING; TOOLS; TORQUE; TRANSDUCERS;

VACUUM SEALED JAR;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; TORQUE; VACUUM;

EID: 0036132326     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(01)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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4. Openen en sluiten, maar