Bending the tool and the effect on human performance: Further investigation of a simulated wire-twisting task

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 586-593

  Dempsey, Patrick G ^a   McGorry, Raymond W ^a   Leamon, Tom B ^a   O’Brien, Niall ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Hand tools; Human performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRODUCTIVITY; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

ADULT; EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0036750877     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110208984744     Document Type: Article

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