Comparison of measurement methods for quantifying hand force

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 983-1007

  Koppelaar, Elin ^a   Wells, Richard ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct measurement; Electromyography; Force matching; Hand force; Observation method; Perception of effort; Rating scale; Self report

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORCE MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSDUCERS;

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FORCE MATCHING; HAND FORCE; OBSERVATION METHOD; RATING SCALE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 24644510334     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500120841     Document Type: Article

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