Postural and trunk muscle response to sudden release during stoop lifting tasks before and after fatigue of the trunk erector muscles

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 607-624

  Chow, Daniel H K ^a   Man, Joseph W K ^a   Holmes, Andrew D ^a   Evans, John H ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centre of pressure; EMG; Fatigue; Lifting; Posture; Sudden release

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; LOADS (FORCES); MUSCLE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TISSUE;

CENTRE OF PRESSURE (COP); LATISSIMUS DORSI (LD); RECTUS ABDOMINUS (RA); STOOP LIFTING LOADS;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LIFTING EFFORT; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RELAXATION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE INJURY; TRUNK; VELOCITY; VOLUNTEER; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 2442715117     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013031000151659     Document Type: Article

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