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The research theorizes that there are three styles of hand movement when removing a lug closure from a glass jar; lid hand movement alone, jar hand movement alone, or the movement of both hands. However, it is hypothesized that experimental set up will significantly impact how participants move as they remove jar lids; that an unrestrained subject will move differently from one restrained for ease of experimental set up. Each study participant will open glass jars with lug style closures in two fashions: restrained, so that the test jar remains on the table, and unrestrained.
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Fair, J.R., Bix, L., Bush, T.R. (2008). Biomechanical Analysis of Opening Glass Jars: Using Kinematics. In: Langdon, P., Clarkson, J., Robinson, P. (eds) Designing Inclusive Futures. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-211-1_5
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