Comparison of force measurement systems for hand tools

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-200

  Niemelä, Tanja ^a   Leppänen, Markku ^a   Päivinen, Minna ^a   Mattila, Markku ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

EMG; Ergonomics; Eurohandtool; Force measurement system; Hand tool

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745133602     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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