Publications by authors named "H Kooiker"
Effect of Hand Grip and Center of Mass Location on Muscle Activity While Manipulating a Surgical Table Segment.
IISE Trans Occup Ergon Hum Factors
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Hand grip placement relative to an object's center of mass significantly affects muscle activity in the trunk and arms.
- Aligning the grip with the center of mass minimizes muscle use, while the effort required for different grip styles varies based on specific muscles.
- Design features like handles play a crucial role in reducing physical strain, enhancing usability, and decreasing the risk of musculoskeletal injuries in manual handling tasks.
Austenitic Stainless Steels and High-Strength Low-Alloy (HSLA) steels show significant dynamic recovery and dynamic recrystallization (DRX) during hot forming. In order to design optimal and safe hot-formed products, a good understanding and constitutive description of the material behavior is vital. A new continuum model is presented and validated on a wide range of deformation conditions including high strain rate deformation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe review the state of preventive medicine in the context of four factors that have eroded the influence and effectiveness of the specialty: (1) historical; (2) cultural; (3) political-economic; and (4) changing epidemiological and demographic factors. We address the implications for public and medical peer recognition of preventive medicine, for funding of residency programs, and for recruitment of medical students. We outline five objectives for preventive medicine training as steps to improve the response of the specialty to the above factors and to regain its edge.
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