Anthropometric and Blood Flow Characteristics Leading to EVA Hand Injury

2009-01-2471

07/12/2009

Event
International Conference On Environmental Systems
Authors Abstract
Content
The aim of this study was to explore if fingernail delamination injury following EMU glove use may be caused by compression-induced blood flow occlusion in the finger. During compression tests, finger blood flow decreased more than 60%, however this occurred more rapidly for finger pad compression (4 N) than for fingertips (10 N). A pressure bulb compression test resulted in 50% and 45% decreased blood flow at 100 mmHg and 200 mmHg, respectively. These results indicate that the finger pad pressure required to articulate stiff gloves is more likely to contribute to injury than the fingertip pressure associated with tight fitting gloves.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2471
Pages
10
Citation
Opperman, R., Waldie, J., Natapoff, A., Newman, D. et al., "Anthropometric and Blood Flow Characteristics Leading to EVA Hand Injury," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-2471, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2471.
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Published
Jul 12, 2009
Product Code
2009-01-2471
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English