Ergonomic redesign and evaluation of a clamping tool handle

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 619-624

  Jung, Myung Chul ^a   Hallbeck, M Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomic redesign and evaluation; Manual clamping tool handle

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLAMPING DEVICES; EDUCATION; GRIPPERS; PERSONNEL; STUDENTS;

CLAMPING TASKS; COMMERCIAL BAR CLAMPS; GRIPPING METHOD; TOOL HANDLING;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLAMP; DEVICE; ERGONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 20444455734     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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