Identifying factors of comfort in using hand tools

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 453-458

  Kuijt Evers, L F M ^a   Groenesteijn, L ^a   De Looze, M P ^a   Vink, P ^a,b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comfort discomfort; Design; Hand tools

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; HAND TOOLS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

FINGERS; HANDS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT; HAND; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MUSCLE; PAIN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 3042794805     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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