Laboratory assessment of the effect of heavy rubber glove thickness and sizing on effort, performance and comfort

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 386-391

  Wells, R ^a   Hunt, S ^b   Hurley, K ^a   Rosati, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effort; Gloves; Grip force; Performance; Sizing; Thickness

Indexed keywords

BARE-HAND; DIFFERENT SIZES; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; EMG AMPLITUDE; EXTENSOR MUSCLES; GRIP FORCE; LABORATORY ASSESSMENT; LABORATORY STUDIES; MANUAL WORK; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; OBJECT MANIPULATION; POWER LINES; RATING OF PERCEIVED EXERTIONS; RUBBER GLOVES; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

RUBBER;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFTING EFFORT; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77953082975     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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