Assessment of the ergonomic design of diagnostic ultrasound transducers through wrist movements and subjective evaluation

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 999-1006

  Paschoarelli, Luis Carlos ^a   de Oliveira, Ana Beatriz ^b   Gil Coury, Helenice Jane Cote ^b  

^a Department of Industrial Design   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Discomfort; Electrogoniometry; Redesign; Ultrasonography; Usability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ERGONOMICS; MOCKUPS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ACCEPTABILITY; DISCOMFORT; ELECTROGONIOMETRY; REDESIGN; USABILITY;

TRANSDUCERS;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WRIST;

EID: 54949114773     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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