Identifying predictors of comfort and discomfort in using hand tools

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 692-702

  Kuijt Evers, L F M ^a   Twisk, J ^b   Groenesteijn, L ^a   De Looze, M P ^a,c   Vink, P ^a,d  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comfort; Discomfort; Hand tools; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

HAND TOOLS; SCREWS;

BODY EFFECTS; COMFORT QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HAND TOOLS (CQH); DISCOMFORT; SCREWDRIVERS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAND DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 22044440829     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500070814     Document Type: Article

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