Effect of mechanical compression due to load carrying on shoulder muscle fatigue during sustained isometric arm abduction: An electromyographic study

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 573-581

  Piscione, Julien ^a   Gamet, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Backpack; Compression; Electromyography; Fatigue; Upper trapezius

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SHOULDER; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHOULDER; TORQUE; UPPER EXTREMITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33745758876     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0221-x     Document Type: Article

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