Motor unit activity during stereotyped finger tasks and computer mouse work

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-206

  Sogaard K ^a   Sjogaard G ^b   Finsen, L ^a   Olsen, H B ^a   Christensen, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Computer mouse; Contra lateral activity; Doublets; Mental load; Muscle activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM COMMUNIS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR UNIT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STEREOTYPY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; COMPUTERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0035032485     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(00)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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