Hand anthropometry of Indian women

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 117, Issue JUNE, 2003, Pages 260-269

  Nag, Anjali ^a   Nag, P K ^a   Desai, Hina ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Grip strength; Hand and finger dimensions (length, breadth, depth, spread); Power and precision grip

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DYNAMOMETRY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER JOINT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 0344467466     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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