Short-term changes in upper extremity dynamic mechanical response parameters following power hand tool use

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 807-820

  Sesto, M E ^a   Radwin, Radwin G ^a   Richards, T G ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearm; Mechanical responses; Power tool; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; HAND TOOLS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; STIFFNESS; TORQUE CONTROL;

BIOMECHANICAL PARAMETERS; EFFECTIVE MASS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; POWER TOOLS;

PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; MALE; TORQUE; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 23344432155     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500142209     Document Type: Article

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