Isometric muscle strength and anthropometric characteristics of a Chinese sample

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 674-679

  Xiao, Guobing ^d   Lei, Ling ^a   Dempsey, Patrick G ^b   Lu, Beibei ^c   Liang, Youxin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^c NINGBO MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Isometric muscle strength; Torso pull

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MUSCLE; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ANTHROPOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; CHINA; ISOMETRIC STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHINA; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEX RATIO; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 20444371577     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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