Glove attributes and their contribution to force decrement and increased effort in power grip

Human Factors

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 797-812

  Willms, Kirsten ^a   Wells, Richard ^a   Carnahan, Heather ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Biomechanics; Flexibility; Force decrement; Forearm muscles; Glove attributes; Gloved work; Gloves; Interdigital spacers; Manual tasks; Maximal and submaximal gripping tasks; Power grip; Surface electromyography; Tactility; Thickness

Indexed keywords

BARE-HAND; GLOVE ATTRIBUTES; GRIP FORCE; INTERDIGITAL; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; POWER GRIP; RUBBER GLOVES; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; RUBBER;

MUSCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOUCH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POSTURE; TOUCH;

EID: 77950200828     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720809357560     Document Type: Article

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