title: Tool design for prevention of hand and wrist injuries.
abstract: Incorrect hand tool designs can cause a variety of cumulative trauma disorders. Design elements of size, shape, texture, purpose, ease of operation, shock absorption, and weight must be properly applied in the design process to fulfill the physical safety needs of consumers and working people and to prevent the appearance of pathologic changes in the tissues of the hand and wrist.
authors: Department of Surgery, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA 02215.
authors: S W
authors: SW
authors: Meagher
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012307:Risk Factors; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*