Evaluation of handles in a maximum gripping task

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1350-1364

  Kong, Yong Ku ^a,c   Freivalds, Andris ^a   Kim, Sung Eun ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Handle evaluation; Individual finger and phalange force distribution; Maximum gripping task

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ERGONOMICS; SENSORS;

FORCE SENSITIVE RESISTORS (FSR); GLOVES; PHALANGES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; GLOVE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHALANX; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; RATING SCALE; SENSOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 5144220264     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130410001715697     Document Type: Article

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