Surface EMG recordings as a risk assessment tool for musculoskeletal disorders

Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium'

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 541-544

  Westgaard, Rolf H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DATA RECORDING; ERGONOMICS; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; PASSIVE STRUCTURES;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

EID: 1842636275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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