Forearm torque strengths and discomfort profiles in pronation and supination

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 703-721

  O'Sullivan, Leonard W ^a   Gallwey, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elbow; Forearm; Musculosketal disorders; Pronation; Supination; Torque

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DISEASE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION (MVC); MEDIAL EPICONDYLITIS; PRONATION; SUPINATION;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FOREARM; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PRONATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SUPINATION; TORQUE;

EID: 21844433200     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500070954     Document Type: Article

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