Abstract:
:Background: The purpose of this study is to collect five types of maximum hand strength among workers in the manufacturing industry in Taiwan. Methods: This study is a cross sectional study with a stratified and convenient sample of workers on the production line in manufacturing industries in Central Taiwan. In total, we recruited 198 healthy subjects to participate in this study. Five types of hand strength were measured in both hands three times with 3 min rests between trials. Results: The strength of females for these five types of hand exertions were 52.0% to 67.6% of the strength of males (p < 0.001). For both genders, there was a main effect for the types of hand strength for the right hand (p < 0.001) and the left hand (p < 0.001). In general, the hand strength in U.S. and EU countries was 1.2 to 1.7 times greater than the strength among the three types of hand exertions in this study. Conclusion: These results can be used to evaluate the musculoskeletal burdens on the upper extremities in the manufacturing industry and could also be used for tool and job design and job modifications.
journal_name
Int J Environ Res Public Healthauthors
Lo VE,Chiu YC,Tu HH,Liu CW,Yu CYdoi
10.3390/ijerph16234742subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-11-27 00:00:00issue
23eissn
1661-7827issn
1660-4601pii
ijerph16234742journal_volume
16pub_type
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