Automated and manual measurement of the forces required to use retractable intramuscular syringes

Journal of Musculoskeletal Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-74

  Haiduven, Donna J ^a,b   Applegarth, Shawn P ^a   McGuire Wolfe, Christine ^b   Tenouri, Meredith ^b  

^a HSR and D   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomic injury potential; Healthcare worker safety; Musculoskeletal injury potential; Syringe activation forces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; AUTOMATION; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FORCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INJECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYRINGE;

EID: 79951840747     PISSN: 02189577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218957710002478     Document Type: Article

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