Investigation of grip force, normal force, contact area, hand size, and handle size for cylindrical handles

Human Factors

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 734-744

  Seo, Na Jin ^a,b   Armstrong, Thomas J ^b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FORCE MEASUREMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY;

CONTACT AREAS; CYLINDRICAL HANDLES; GRIP FORCES; HANDLE DIAMETERS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NORMAL FORCES; QUANTITATIVE RELATIONSHIPS; THRUST FORCES;

HAND TOOLS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749203560     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872008X354192     Document Type: Article

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