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APPLIED ERGONOMICS
Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 729-735Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.12.004
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grip; knife handle; protective glove
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Ten subjects were asked to apply maximum torques on knife handles with either their bare hand or their hand wearing a Kevlar fibre protective glove. Four knife handles (2 roughnesses, 2 hardnesses) were tested. Surface electromyograms of 6 upper limb and shoulder muscles were recorded and subject opinions on both knife handle hardness and friction in the hand were also assessed. The results revealed the significant influence of wearing gloves (p < 0.0001), knife type (p < 0.0005) and handle hardness (P < 0.005) on the applied torque. Wearing Kevlar fibre gloves greatly increased the torque independently of the other two parameters. Under the bare hand condition, a 90 degrees ShA slightly rough handle provided the greatest torque. Subject opinion agreed with the observed effects on recorded torque values except for the hardness factor, for which a preference for the 70 degrees ShA value over the 90 degrees ShA value emerged. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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