Influence on grip of knife handle surface characteristics and wearing protective gloves

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 729-735

  Claudon, Laurent ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Grip; Knife handle; Protective glove

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TORQUE CONTROL;

ELECTROMYOGRAMS; GRIP; KNIFE HANDLE; PROTECTIVE GLOVE;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRICTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOVE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SHOULDER; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 33745888097     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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