Hand tools design: Are biomechanical criteria the same as aesthetic criteria? A preliminary study

Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium'

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 574-577

  Christensen, Adam D ^a   Bishu, Ram R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOMECHANICS; CORRELATION METHODS; ERGONOMICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; TEXTURES;

KNIFE HANDLES; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING (MDS);

HAND TOOLS;

EID: 1842660217     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120004402845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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