Intra-rater reliability of electromyographic recordings and subjective evaluation of neck muscle fatigue among helicopter pilots

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-331

  Thuresson, Marcus ^a,b   Äng, Björn ^a   Linder, Jan ^c   Harms Ringdahl, Karin ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Armed Forces Headquarters   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Borg scale; EMG; ICC; Measurement error; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERROR; EVALUATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SITTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 14844322212     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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