Comfort predictors for different kinds of hand tools: Differences and similarities

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-84

  Kuijt Evers, L F M ^a,b   Vink, P ^a,b   de Looze, M P ^a,c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Univ of Technology   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comfort; Design; Evaluation; Hand tools

Indexed keywords

MACHINE DESIGN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAWS; SKIN; TISSUE;

COMFORT DESCRIPTORS; SCREWDRIVERS; SOFT TISSUES;

HAND TOOLS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MATERIALS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33845228404     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2006.09.019     Document Type: Article

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