Handle displacement and operator responses to pneumatic nutrunner torque buildup

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-376

  Lin, Jia Hua ^a,b   McGorry, Raymond W ^a   Dempsey, Patrick G ^a   Chang, Chien Chi ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly tools; Occupational biomechanics; Occupational safety

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; HAND TOOLS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

HANDLE DISPLACEMENT; IMPULSIVE REACTION FORCES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ELBOW; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PNEUMATIC TOOL; SHOULDER; TORQUE;

EID: 31944432608     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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