The activity in the three regions of the trapezius under controlled loading conditions - An experimental and modelling study

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-161

  Johnson, Garth R ^a   Pandyan, Anand D ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Loading; Shoulder; Trapezius; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

CORONAL PLANE ABDUCTION; SHOULDER BIOMECHANICS; SHRUG FORCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE ACTIVITY;

LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHOULDER; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SHOULDER JOINT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 11144257949     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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