Optimal work - Rest cycles for an isometric intermittent gripping task as a function of force, posture and grip span

Ergonomics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-201

  Eksioglu, Mahmut ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Grip span; Handgrip task; Maximum acceptable frequency; Minimum acceptable rest time; Psychophysical approach; Work rest cycle

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGY;

GRIP SPAN; HANDGRIP TASK; MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE FREQUENCY; MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE REST TIME; PSYCHOPHYSICAL APPROACH;

WORK-REST SCHEDULES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REST; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WORK;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REST; SHOULDER; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 32844474085     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500465527     Document Type: Article

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