The effect of personality type on muscle coactivation during elbow flexion

Human Factors

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-60

  Glasscock, Naomi F ^a   Turville, Kristine L ^a   Joines, Sharon B ^a   Mirka, Gary A ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Electrical and Computer Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TYPE A PERSONALITY;

EID: 0032912956     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872099779577318     Document Type: Article

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