A fuzzy relational rule network modeling of electromyographical activity of trunk muscles in manual lifting based on trunk angels, moments, pelvic tilt and rotation angles

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 847-859

  Karwowski, W ^a   Gaweda, A ^b   Marras, W S ^c   Davis, K ^d   Zurada, J M ^a   Rodrick, D ^e  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fuzzy relational rule; Manual lifting; Model estimation; Soft computing; Trunk muscles

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATION THEORY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUZZY SETS;

FUZZY RELATIONAL RULE; MANUAL LIFTING; MODEL ESTIMATION; SOFT COMPUTING; TRUNK MUSCLES;

MUSCLE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TILTING; TRAINING; TRUNK; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 33748983357     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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