The use of standardized forearm EMG measures to predict single and multi-digit forces

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 559-562

  Astin, Angela DiDomenico ^a   Nussbaum, Maury A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND TOOLS; INTEGRATION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MULTI-DIGIT FORCES; SURFACE ELECTRODES;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 1842811240     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120004402841     Document Type: Conference Paper

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