Effects of handwear and hand posture on four performance measures in foil fencing

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1746-1750

  Li, Kai Way ^a   Chang, Chih Lin ^b  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Foil fencing; Glove materials; Grip force; Pinch force

Indexed keywords

FOIL FENCING; GLOVE MATERIALS; GRIP FORCE; PINCH FORCE;

DATA REDUCTION; GESTURE RECOGNITION; MOTION CONTROL;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 44349089288     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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