The effect of wrist orthoses on forearm muscle activity

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-136

  Johansson, Lena ^a   Björing, Gunnar ^a,b   Hägg, Göran M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forearm muscle activity; Manual work; Wrist orthosis

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GRIPPERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STIFFNESS;

EXTENSOR; WRIST EXTENSOR MUSCLE LOAD; WRIST ORTHOSES;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; ORTHOSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 1942507507     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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