Neck Muscle Activity and Perceived Pain and Discomfort Due to Variations of Head Load and Posture

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-131

  Knight, James F ^a   Baber, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head load; Head position; Head mounted displays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 1642458152     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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