Continuous, intermitted and sporadic motor unit activity in the trapezius muscle during prolonged computer work

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-124

  Zennaro, Daniel ^a   Läubli, Thomas ^a   Krebs, Denise ^a   Klipstein, Andreas ^a   Krueger, Helmut ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dynamic contraction; Intramuscular EMG; Long term measurements; Wire electrodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WORK;

EID: 0037394453     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(02)00066-4     Document Type: Article

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