Classification of human motions

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-178

  Salvendy, Gavriel ^a,b  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human motions; Human performance; Work design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008828861     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463922021000025238     Document Type: Article

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