Estimation of forces exerted by the fingers using standardised surface electromyography from the forearm

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 858-871

  DiDomenico, Angela ^a   Nussbaum, Maury A ^b  

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

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Finger strength; Pinches; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FORCE MEASUREMENT; GAIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIZING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; DIRECT FORCE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRODE SITES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC (EMG); ERGONOMIC EVALUATION; ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS; FORCE CAPABILITIES; LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL (LR); SIMPLE LINEAR MODELS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); SURFACE ELECTRO-MYOGRAPHY (SEMG);

LINEAR REGRESSION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PINCH STRENGTH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 46349094100     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130801915980     Document Type: Article

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