Quantitative assessment of upper extremity capacity and exposure

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 724-727

  Dempsey, Patrick G ^a   Ciriello, Vincent M ^a   Clancy, Edward A ^a   McGorry, Raymond ^a   Pransky, Glenn S ^a   Webster, Barbara S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISKS; TORQUE; TRANSDUCERS;

HUMAN CAPACITY; TASK DEMANDS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 1842736863     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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