Abstract

Too often, the stiffness, thickness, adherence or fit of gloves offered to workers are somewhat appropriate for the task to be carried out, which requires a greater effort by the forearm muscles than if the work is done with bare hands. As a result, workers are refusing to wear protective gloves, which has a negative impact on injury prevention. The authors therefore want to develop a methodology based on dynamometric and electromyographic measurements to evaluate the flexibility and adherence of gloves during standardized tasks and to evaluate how sensitive this methodology is to the wearing of different types of gloves. The tests provided interesting data which will have to be refined in a future project.