Surface pressure in the hand when holding a drilling machine under different drilling conditions

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 255-261

  Björing, Gunnar ^a   Johansson, Lena ^a   Hägg, Göran M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balance; Feed forces; Glove; Handle softness; Handle width; Pressure distribution; Supporting handle

Indexed keywords

DRILLING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); HARDNESS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RUBBER PRODUCTS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SURFACE PRESSURE;

ERGONOMICS;

RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; FEMALE; FORCE; GLOVE; HAND; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MACHINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; VIBRATION;

EID: 0036231016     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(01)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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