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10628435

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Psychophysics is a very old branch of psychology that is concerned with the relationship between physical stimuli that occur in the "outside world", and the sensations they produce in the body's "inside world". According to modern psychophysical theory, the strength of a sensation is directly related to the intensity of its physical stimulus by means of a power function. The history and development of psychophysics is briefly reviewed, and the application of psychophysics to manual handling tasks and repetitive hand and wrist motion is described. The advantages and disadvantages of psychophysics are discussed. The following 4 directions for future research are suggested: further validation of the data, expansion into other areas of concern (eg, other body parts, jobs, and postures), broadening of the subject base by including symptomatic subjects, and greater inclusion of psychophysical measures (eg, pain, fatigue, and discomfort) in studies of musculoskeletal disorders.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0355-3140
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25 Suppl 4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Future directions of psychophysical studies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. stover@ecqual.net
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review