Jar-opening challenges. Part 1: An apparatus for assessing hand and finger torques and forces in a jar-opening activity

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-129

  Su, F C ^a   Chiu, H Y ^a   Chang, J H ^a   Lin, C F ^a   Hong, R F ^b   Kuo, L C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hand twisting; Jar opening; Torque contribution

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FORCES; BODY PARTS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATIONS; DAILY LIVINGS; DESIGN RATIONALES; EXPECTED LOADS; EXTERNAL FORCES; HAND TWISTING; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; JAR OPENING; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; SIX-AXIS; TORQUE CONTRIBUTION; TORQUE TRANSDUCERS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DESIGN RATIONALE; JAR-OPENING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; EQUIPMENT;

TORQUE;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FINGER; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION STUDY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINGERS; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TORQUE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 63849105421     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM422     Document Type: Article

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