The effect of tool handle shape on hand muscle load and pinch force in a simulated dental scaling task

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 525-531

  Dong, Hui ^a,b,c   Loomer, Peter ^b   Barr, Alan ^c   LaRoche, Charles ^c   Young, Ed ^c   Rempel, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentistry; Electromyography; Hand tool

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND TOOLS; MUSCLE; PRESSURE SENSORS;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL SCALING TASK;

DENTISTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTIST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY;

EID: 34249649620     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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