Measurements of Grip Strength Applied to Cylindrical Handles and the Effect of Gloves

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• Personal Author:
  Dong, Ren G. ; Hsiao H ; McDowell, Thomas W. ; Welcome DE ; Wimer B ; Wu, John Z.
• Description:
  This paper introduces a new dynamometer for measuring grip force/strength applied on a cylindrical handle and briefly describes its application to investigate the effect of wearing gloves on grip strength. Sixteen subjects participated in the glove experiment. Six types of gloves were used in the test. Whereas the gloved-hand grip strength applied to cylindrical handles is well correlated with bare-hand grip strength, all gloves reduced the grip strength, especially those designed for isolating hand-transmitted vibration, regardless of the handle sizes (30 and 40 mm in diameter) used in this study. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Geology Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Ergonomics Gloves Humans Muscle-function Musculoskeletal-system
• Publisher:
  International Ergonomics Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Maryland ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036434
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Ergonomics (IEA2009), Beijing, China, August 9-14, 2009. Madison, WI: International Ergonomics Association, 2009 Aug; :1-5
• Contact Point Address:
  Ren G.. Dong, Engineering & Control Technology Branch (ECTB) Health Effects Laboratory Division (HELD), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA
• Email:
  RDong@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Ergonomics (IEA2009), Beijing, China, August 9-14, 2009
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9dd8a2e33985ba139a1723e4704912752075e0c0e64a0294a0f0e8f80751274b2cac732674fe073c8e6faae42c695aa4e39b054f9efc2f11a11d2ed5fa62920d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187865/cdc_187865_DS1.pdf
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