Optimization principle determines human arm postures and "Comfort"

Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 1000-1005

  Katayama, Masazumi ^a   Hasuura, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arm posture; Comfort; Optimization principle; Selection mechanism

Indexed keywords

ARM POSTURE; COMFORT; HUMAN ARM; OBJECT MANIPULATION; OPTIMIZATION PRINCIPLE; SELECTION MECHANISM; STRESS INDICES; TASK EXECUTIONS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 84945190338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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