Effects of glove, orientation, pressure, load, and handle on submaximal grasp force

Hand-skin temperature and tracking performance

“…Wearing gloves may be a possible way to reduce the performance decrement at low temperatures. However, it should also be noted that wearing gloves will increase the muscular load requirement for a given task and will also hamper 15 handling small objects as tactile sensitivity is reduced (Buhman et al, 2000). The effects of using gloves or other suitable protection as a safety measure needs to be determined, because although gloves may protect hands against damage, they may well have an effect more detrimental to tracking performance than the lower temperature has, as finger dexterity has been found to be seriously impaired with gloves (Bishu et al, 1987;Brajkovic et al, 2001;Havenith and Vrijkotte, 1993).…”

Biomechanical assessment of gloves. A study of the sensitivity and reliability of electromyographic parameters used to measure the activation and fatigue of different forearm muscles

“…with comparable average maximal grip strength), a situation that would be hard to bring together. Furthermore, as concluded by Buhman et al (2000), it appears that the neuro-muscular mechanisms used are dependent on the intensity of the task performed (maximal vs. submaximal). As gloves are generally not used to exert maximal efforts, it would appear to be preferable to assess gloves in submaximal tasks, thereby allowing a better generalization of the results to more functional or everyday tasks.…”

“…In all these studies, no significant difference was observed between different gloves, thereby signifying that wearing gloves does not impede the maximal activation of forearm muscles. However, as Buhman et al (2000) have recently proposed, the question now should be ''When a person holds a 11 kg object with a number of different gloves, are the exertion levels of the lower arm musculature the same?''. The general idea behind this question will be addressed in the present study by comparing the EMG activation of forearm muscles with and without gloves when applying the same external load as controlled by a handgrip dynamometer.…”

Effects of EVA gloves on grip strength and fatigue under low temperature and low pressure

“…Geng researched the influence of low temperature on performance from aspects of subjective feelings and finger temperature measurements when in touch with lowtemperature objects (Geng et al, 2001); Aldien illustrated the pressure distribution of the hand-handle operation interface by studying hand forces and handle size (Aldien et al, 2005). As far as the study of an EVA glove is concerned, Buhman showed the influence of the glove on maximum grip strength from glove structure, pressure, load, handle structure (Buhman et al, 2000). However, they only conducted single-factor analysis of each element, and the influence of low temperatures was not included.…”