Evaluation of shoulder muscular fatigue induced during mouse operation in a VDT task

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E88-D, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-229

  Murata, Atsuo ^a   Ishihara, Hiroshi ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Digital Electronics Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

MVC shift; Amplitude probability distribution function (APDF); EMG; Mean power frequency (MPF); Muscular fatigue; Trapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

AMPLITUDE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (APDF); EMG; MEAN POWER FREQUENCY (MPF); MUSCULAR FATIGUE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 24144450003     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietisy/E88-D.2.223     Document Type: Article

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