A new approach to characterize grip force applied to a cylindrical handle

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-33

  Dong, Ren G ^a   Wu, John Z ^a   Welcome, Daniel E ^a   McDowell, Thomas W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Grip force; Grip pressure; Grip strength; Hand; Hand force

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PRESSURE SENSORS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

GRIP FORCE; GRIP PRESSURE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FORCE;

FORCE MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRESSURE; TORQUE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 38349110210     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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