The interaction between lid diameter, height and shape on wrist torque exertion in younger and older adults

Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 922-933

  Crawford, Joanne O ^a   Wanibe, Eriko ^a   Nayak, Laxman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Packaging; Wrist torque strength

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA REDUCTION; TORQUE;

CHUCK GRIP FORCES;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PACKAGING; PREDICTION; SEALED CONTAINER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TORQUE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; PRODUCT PACKAGING; TORQUE; WRIST;

EID: 0037145621     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130210162243     Document Type: Article

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