Assessment of the ergonomic quality of file handles using electromyographic and subjective methods

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-142

  Kluth, Karsten ^a   Kellermann, Horst G ^a   Strasser, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Hand tools; Product ergonomics; Subjective assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845192360     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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