Evaluation of various handle grip spans for optimizing finger specific force based on the users' hand sizes

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 884-888

  Kong, Yong Ku ^a   Lee, Soo Jin ^b   Lowe, Brian D ^c   Song, Seongho ^d  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

DIGITAL DYNAMOMETERS; GRIP FORCES; GRIP STRENGTHS; INTERACTION EFFECTS;

HAND TOOLS;

EID: 58149460939     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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