The effect of overhead drilling position on shoulder moment and electromyography

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 489-501

  Anton, Dan ^a   Shibley, Lee D ^a   Fethke, Nathan B ^b   Hess, Jennifer ^c   Cook, Thomas M ^a   Rosecrance, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Fiskars Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Arm elevation; Biomechanics; Human; Myoelectric amplitude; Myoelectric power spectrum; Occupational disorders; Shoulder joint; Working posture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRILLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

ROOT MEAN SQUARE AMPLITUDE;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DRILL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSITION; SHOULDER; SIMULATION; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035871265     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130120079     Document Type: Article

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