Do mechanical tests of glove stiffness provide relevant information relative to their effects on the musculoskeletal system? A comparison with surface electromyography and psychophysical methods

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 326-334

  Larivière, Christian ^a   Tremblay, Guy ^b   Nadeau, Sylvie ^b   Harrabi, Lotfi ^b   Dolez, Patricia ^b   Vu Khanh, Toan ^b   Lara, Jaime ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Electromyography; Flexibility; Perceived exertion

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STIFFNESS;

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FLEXIBILITY; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; KAWABATA EVALUATION SYSTEM; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; PERCEIVED EXERTION; PSYCHOPHYSICAL METHODS; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE DEFORMING MULTIDIRECTIONAL TEST; GLOVE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAWABATA EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR FABRIC; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350782336     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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