Back Muscle EMG of Helicopter Pilots in Flight: Effects of Fatigue, Vibration, and Posture

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4 SEC. I, 2004, Pages 317-322

  De Oliveira, Carlos Gomes ^a,b   Nadal, Jurandir ^b  

^a Phys Activ Sci Inst of Aero   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Back pain; Electromyography; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; EVALUATION; FLIGHT; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PARAMETER; PREVALENCE; SEAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; VIBRATION;

EID: 1842579682     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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