Recruitment of low threshold motor-units in the trapezius muscle in different static arm positions

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 359-375

  Kadefor, Roland ^a,b   Forsman, Mikael ^a   Zoéga, Björn ^c   Herberts, Peter ^c  

^a Lindholmen Science Park   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Electromyography; Motor unit recruitment; Trapezius myalgia

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYALGIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; POSITION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SHOULDER; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032927178     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185711     Document Type: Article

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