Determination of key dimensions for a glove sizing system by analyzing the relationships between hand dimensions

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 762-766

  Kwon, Ochae ^a   Jung, Kihyo ^b   You, Heecheon ^b   Kim, Hee Eun ^c  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Cross tabulation; Glove sizing system; Key dimensions; Multiple regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-TABULATION; KEY DIMENSIONS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZING SYSTEM;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAND; HAND ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INDUSTRY; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64449083774     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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