Effects of Glove Thickness, Friction, and Pliability on Grip and Key Pinch Strength
This study evaluates the significance of three material properties of glovebox gloves on maximum voluntary grip and key pinch strength. Three commercially available glovebox gloves, namely butyl, hypalon, and neoprene in 0.015 and 0.03 thickness, were evaluated to establish guidelines to minimize the effects on hand performances in terms of grip and key pinch strength. The correlation matrix indicates that the grip strength is the only dependent variable that shows statistically significant correlations with most of the independent variables except friction, and quadratic and cubic components of friction variable. Thickness and pliability are inversely correlated to the maximum grip strength. Stepwise regression shows that the interaction of thickness and pliability is the only variable included in the final equation. To minimize effects of glove usage when performing glovebox tasks involving a gripping hand, material thickness and pliability parameters could be included for glove design and selection purposes to improve worker health and safety.
Sung, Peng-Cheng Lee, Cheng-Lung
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Wufong,Taich Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Wufong, Taic
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-7
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）