Investigation into the Effects of Backrest Angle and Stick Location on Female Strength.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of backrest angle and hand maneuver direction on maximum hand strength and to recommend a strength value for the hand-controlled stick of an aircraft.

Methods: Forty-eight female subjects were recruited to perform simulated forward-backward and adduction-abduction maneuvers using control sticks. Each subject was free from musculoskeletal disorders and pain.

Can We Use Grip Strength to Predict Other Types of Hand Exertions? An Example of Manufacturing Industry Workers.

Background: There are different types of hand motions in people's daily lives and working environments. However, testing duration increases as the types of hand motions increase to build a normative database. Long testing duration decreases the motivation of study participants.

Normative Hand Strength of Healthcare Industry Workers in Central Taiwan.

: The purpose of this study is to establish the norms of hand grip strength in the healthcare industry in Taiwan and propose models to predict the strength of hand movement by regression with demographic and anthropometric factors. : This is a cross-sectional study with a stratified convenience sample of workers in healthcare service industries in central Taiwan. Three hundred twenty-nine healthy subjects were recruited.

Body volume estimation equation for male laborers in Taiwan.

The purpose of this study was to develop a body volume () estimation equation for male laborers in Taiwan with body weight () and stature height () as initial estimators. A three-dimensional (3D) body scanner and a 3D foot scanner were used to measure the 3D range data of 100 male laborers in this study. Subjects' was extracted from the 3D body model, and and were used as independent variables in regression analysis.

A Pilot Study of Five Types of Maximum Hand Strength among Manufacturing Industry Workers in Taiwan.

The purpose of this study is to collect five types of maximum hand strength among workers in the manufacturing industry in Taiwan. 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.