Glove and gender effects on muscular fatigue evaluated by endurance and maximal voluntary contraction measures

Human Factors

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 110-119

  Shih, Yuh Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

GENDER EFFECTS; MAXIMAL ENDURANCE TIME (MET); MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION MEASURES; MUSCULAR FATIGUE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDURANCE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOVE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; VOLUNTEER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846561534     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872007779598091     Document Type: Article

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