Source document position as it affects head position and neck muscle tension

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 593-610

  Hamilton, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Muscle tension; Neck

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL;

HEAD POSITION; MUSCLE TENSION; NECK; TASK;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LITERATURE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NECK; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

EID: 0030130704     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964483     Document Type: Article

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