Short-cycle overhead work and shoulder girdle muscle fatigue

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 581-597

  Garg, Arun ^a   Hegmann, Kurt ^b   Kapellusch, Jay ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Fatigue; Fatigue and pain; Overhead work; Ratings of perceived exertion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; MUSCLE; PERSONNEL;

EMG; FATIGUE AND PAIN; OVERHEAD WORK; RATINGS OF PERCEIVED EXERTION;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; STRESS; WEIGHT BEARING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33747328096     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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