Prolonged mechanical and physiological changes in the upper extremity following short-term simulated power hand tool use

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-24

  Chourasia, Amrish O ^a   Sesto, Mary E ^a   Block, Walter F ^a   Radwin, Robert G ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Eccentric exertions; Mechanical parameters; Oedema; Power hand tool

Indexed keywords

DAMAGING EFFECTS; DISCOMFORT LEVEL; ECCENTRIC EXERTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; ERGONOMIC INTERVENTION; FORCE LEVEL; HAND TOOL DESIGN; IN-VIVO; ISOMETRIC STRENGTH; MASS MOMENT; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; POWER TOOLS; REACTION FORCES; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; TOOL OPERATIONS; UP TIME; UPPER EXTREMITY; UPPER LIMBS; WORK PRACTICES;

DAMPING; ERGONOMICS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE; RESONANCE;

HAND TOOLS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOMETRICS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149179388     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802480877     Document Type: Article

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