The effect of workstation and task variables on forces applied during simulated meat cutting

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1640-1656

  McGorry, Raymond W ^a   Dempsey, Patrick G ^a   O'Brien, Niall V ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cutting moment; Grip force; Knife; Meatpacking; Workstation; Wrist deviation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINEMATICS;

KINETIC VARIABLES; SURFACE ORIENTATION; TASK VARIABLES;

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; ERGONOMICS; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KINEMATICS; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MEAT INDUSTRY; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRODUCTIVITY; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELBOW JOINT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; KINESIOLOGY, APPLIED; MALE; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 9444277285     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130412331303894     Document Type: Article

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