Journal article
Do Finger Amputations Reduce Performance When Reaching and Operating Control Devices: An Experimental Investigation
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Vol.44(33), pp.311-314
2000
Abstract
This paper reports results of a study to determine if finger amputations (most pervasive upper extremity injury in the U.S.) result in significant work performance deterioration. An experiment was designed with and without simulated finger amputations (as the two conditions). Experimental variables included 5 types of control devices, vertical height of control location, angle of control location in the vertical plane, and subjects' torso being restrained or unrestrained. Different anthropometric measurements were recorded with and without the simulated disability. If a subject was able to reach the control, the time taken to activate the control was recorded. An ANOVA indicated that subjects took significantly longer (p > 0.001), as much as 14 % longer, to activate controls in the presence of the simulated disability. The restraint did not significantly alter performance provided the subject was able to reach the control. The type of control and the height of the location of the control significantly affected work performance.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Do Finger Amputations Reduce Performance When Reaching and Operating Control Devices: An Experimental Investigation
- Creators
- Arunkumar PennathurAnil MitalLuis Rene Contreras
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Vol.44(33), pp.311-314
- ISSN
- 1071-1813
- eISSN
- 2169-5067
- Publisher
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2000
- Academic Unit
- Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984186946102771
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