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Tactile sensitivity of gloved hands in the cold operation
Luleå University of Technology.
Luleå University of Technology.
National Institue for Working Life.
1997 (English)In: Applied human science : journal of physiological anthropology, ISSN 1341-3473, Vol. 16, no 6, p. 229-36Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this study, tactile sensitivity of gloved hand in the cold operation has been investigated. The relations among physical properties of protective gloves and hand tactile sensitivity and cold protection were also analysed both objectively and subjectively. Subjects with various gloves participated in the experimental study during cold exposure at different ambient temperatures of -12 degrees C and -25 degrees C. Tactual performance was measured using an identification task with various sizes of objects over the percentage of misjudgment. Forearm, hand and finger skin temperatures were also recorded throughout. The experimental data were analysed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) model and the Tukey's multiple range test. The results obtained indicated that the tactual performance was affected both by gloves and by hands/fingers cooling. Effect of object size on the tactile discrimination was significant and the misjudgment increased when similar sizes of objects were identified, especially at -25 degrees C.

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1997. Vol. 16, no 6, p. 229-36
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Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
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Industrial Work Environment
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-2526DOI: 10.2114/jpa.16.229PubMedID: 9545674Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-0031261596Local ID: 025076d0-9399-11dd-a897-000ea68e967bOAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-2526DiVA, id: diva2:975378
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Godkänd; 1997; 20081006 (andbra)

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