A computer-based system for the use of electromyographic methods for the measurement of physiological costs associated with operating hand-held tools and computer input devices

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-87

  Strasser, Helmut ^a   Kluth, Karsten ^a   Keller, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer based system; Hand held tools; Multi channel electromyography; Physiological costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644632413     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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