The effect of age on the hand movement time during machine paced assembly tasks for female workers

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 148-152

  Xu, Xu ^a   Qin, Jin ^b   Zhang, Tao ^c   Lin, Jia Hua ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Assembly tasks; Female workers; Fitts' law; Movement time

Indexed keywords

AGING WORKFORCE; ASSEMBLY TASKS; FEMALE WORKERS; FITTS' LAW; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MOVEMENT TIME; PHYSICAL LIMITS; QUANTITATIVE DATA;

AGING OF MATERIALS; ERGONOMICS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MACHINE; MANUAL LABOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891090561     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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