Insertion loads and forearm muscle activity during flexible hose insertion tasks

Human Factors

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 786-796

  Grieshaber, D Christian ^a   Armstrong, Thomas J ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLANGES; HOSE; MUSCLE; PRODUCTION;

FLEXORS; HOSE INSERTION; TWISTING INSERTIONS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TORQUE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34548836562     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872007X230163     Document Type: Article

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