Shoulder strain in keyboard workers and its alleviation by arm supports

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 119-124

  Erdelyil, Andor ^a   Sihvonen, Teuvo ^b   Helin, Pertti ^b   Hänninen, Osmo ^b  

^a National Institute of Occupational Health Budapest   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arm support; EMG activity; Keyboard work; Static load; Trapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

ARM SUPPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KEYBOARD; NORMAL HUMAN; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MUSCLES; SHOULDER; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0023845911     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: 14321246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00381492     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Relationship between time means of external load and EMG amplitude in long term myoelectric studies
2. Trunk posture and trapezius muscle load while working in standing, supported standing and sitting positions
3. Integrated EMG and oxygen uptake during dynamic contractions of human muscles
4. Integrated electromyographical activity and muscle work
5. Keyboard operating posture and symptoms in operating
6. An Australian study of telegraphist's cramp
7. Keyboard design and operating posture
8. Electromyography as an aid in the prevention of excessive shoulder strain
9. Tension headaches: muscle overactivity or psychogenic pain
10. On evaluation of local muscular load and fatigue by electromyography
11. Measurement and evaluation of local muscular strain in the shoulder during constrained work
12. Human engineering the keyboard
13. The causes of stress on the modern secretary
14. Occupational cervicobrachial disorder and its causative factors
15. The relation between the surface electromyogram and muscular force
16. Effecten pa olika fysiologiska parametrar av manuellt arbete med arbetsobject placerat pa olika höjd over golvet
17. Armstöd ger ingen avlastning
18. Arm and shoulder muscle load in various keyboard operation jobs of women
19. Is the muscular model of headache still viable? A review of conflicting data
20. Fully rectified, integrated, band (FRIB-)EMG analysis in quantifying muscle activity. Development of new field equipment
21. Effect of movement and position in the evaluation of tension headache and nonheadache control subjects
22. Postural muscle strain as a causal factor in the development of muscuao-skeletal illnesses