Effect of skin hydration on the dynamics of fingertip gripping contact

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 64, 2011, Pages 1574-1583

  Andre T ^a   Levesque V ^b   Hayward, V ^c   Lefevre P ^a   Thonnard, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Biotribology; Haptic; Skin hydration; Touch

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FRICTION; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

BIOTRIBOLOGY; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT REGIONS; DRY SKIN; FINGERTIP CONTACTS; GLASS SURFACES; GRIP FORCE; HAPTIC; INTERACTION FORCES; NORMAL COMPONENT; NORMAL FORCES; OPTICAL APPARATUS; SKIN DEFORMATION; SKIN HYDRATION; SKIN MOVEMENT; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; TANGENTIAL FORCE; TOUCH; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

HYDRATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; FINGERTIP GRIPPING CONTACT; FRICTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HYDRATION; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN HYDRATION; TOUCH; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

EID: 80051571237     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0086     Document Type: Article

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