Glove effects on hand performance capabilities in a light assembly task

Contemporary Ergonomics 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 431-435

  Dianat, Iman ^a   Haslegrave, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY TASKS; ASSEMBLY WORKERS; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ERROR RATE; MAXIMUM TORQUE; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY; TIME INTERVAL;

MUSCLE; SCREWS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84859968504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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