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Author:: Infantolino, Benjamin William
Title:: Investigation of Human Muscle Variability and its Effects on Musculoskeletal Models
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: First Dorsal Interosseous
muscle
sarcomere length
subject-specific model parameters
muscle variability
musculoskeletal model
File:: Download Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:: John Henry Challis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Henry Challis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Robert Barry Eckhardt, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member

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Author:: De Toffol, Cedric
Title:: CONTROL OF CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS IN PERSONAL CARE FACILITIES
Graduate Program:: Industrial Engineering
Keywords:: cumulative trauma disorders
health care
nurses
turn stand
ergonomics
human factors
File:: Download Masters_Thesis_Cedric_de_Toffol.pdf
Committee Members:: Andris Freivalds, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Lee, Cheol
Title:: ERGONOMIC DESIGN AND EVALUATION USING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH: APPLICATION TO HAND TOOLS
Graduate Program:: Industrial Engineering
Keywords:: Hand tools
Ergonomic evaluation
Ergonomic design
QFD
Screwdriver
File:: Download Thesis_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:: Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Joel B Haight, Committee Member

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Author:: Haladay, Douglas Eugene
Title:: Investigation of Abdominal Muscle Performance and Stabilization Exercises in Persons with and without Low Back Pain
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: abdominal muscle performance
low back pain
stabilization exercise
File:: Download Haladay_Dissertation_Full_Document_Final_Copy.pdf
Committee Members:: John Henry Challis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Henry Challis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
Sayers John Miller Iii, Committee Member
William E Buckley, Committee Member
Craig R Denegar, Committee Member

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Author:: Claudio, David
Title:: DYNAMIC VITALS MONITORING FOR PATIENT PRIORITIZATION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: A TECHNOLOGY ENABLED UTILITY APPROACH
Graduate Program:: Industrial Engineering
Keywords:: vital signs monitoring
dynamic MAUT
Multi-attribute utility theory
Emergency Department
patient prioritization
technology
File:: Download Claudio_Thesis_Document_092310.pdf
Committee Members:: Gul Kremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Gul Kremer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chao Hsien Chu, Committee Member

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Author:: Lewis, Gregory Stephen
Title:: COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF THE MECHANICS OF FLATFOOT DEFORMITY AND ITS SURGICAL CORRECTIONS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: orthopaedic
biomechanics
optimization
finite element
AAFD
flatfoot
orthopedic
File:: Download Lewis_G_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Stephen Jacob Piazza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Neil Sharkey, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member

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Author:: Jang, Hyunkook
Title:: The Effects of Dynamic Wrist Workloads on Risks of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Graduate Program:: Industrial Engineering
Keywords:: Wrist Workloads
Nerve Conduction Studies
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
File:: Download Thesis_Jang.pdf
Committee Members:: M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Milind Jagdish Kothari, Committee Member

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Author:: Kim, Jong Wook
Title:: Procedural Skills: From Learning to Forgetting
Graduate Program:: Industrial Engineering
Keywords:: Forgetting
Learning
ACT-R
Cognitive Architecture
Procedural Skills
Training
File:: Download kim08phd.pdf
Committee Members:: Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
Richard Donovan Koubek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Arthur Nembhard, Committee Member

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Author:: Shim, Jae Kun
Title:: ROTATIONAL EQULIBRIUM CONTROL IN MULTI-DIGIT HUMAN PREHENSION
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: human
finger
prehension
synergy
principle of superposition
mechanical advantage
hierarchical control
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member

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Author:: Hwang, Jesun
Title:: DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT OF ERGONOMICS OF HAND TOOLS BASED ON GENDER-SPECIFIC OPERATING STRATEGY: TWO CASE STUDIES ON SHOVELS AND PRUNING SHEARS
Graduate Program:: Industrial Engineering
Keywords:: Ergonomics of Pruning Shears and Shovels
User Preference
Hand Tool Design
File:: Download HWANG_Thesis_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:: Andris Freivalds, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis J Murphy, Committee Member
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Gul Kremer, Committee Member

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