Screwdriver torque strength and physiological cost of muscles dependent on hand preference and direction of rotation

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-22

  Strasser, Helmut ^a   Wang, Baoquiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dexterity; Electromyographic activity; Pinch torque strength; Pronation; Supination

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649085118     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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