A survey of repetitiveness assessment methodologies for hand-intensive tasks

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-360

  You, Heecheon ^a   Kwon, Ochae ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Analysis technique; Hand intensive task; Measure; Measurement method; Repetitiveness assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS;

ELECTROGONIOMETERS; VIDEO SYSTEMS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKPLACES;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; GONIOMETRY; HAND; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 14644436436     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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