Attention-related muscle activity in different body regions during vdu work with minimal physical activity

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 661-676

  WAErsted M ^a   Westgaard, R H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Muscle tension; Reaction time task; Task irrelevant muscle activity

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN REACTION TIME; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

MUSCLE TENSION; REACTION TIME TASK; TASK IRRELEVANT MUSCLE ACTIVITY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030130751     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964488     Document Type: Article

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