A laboratory study of the effects of wrist splint orthoses on forearm muscle activity and upper extremity posture

Human Factors

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 499-510

  Shu, Yu ^a   Mirka, Gary A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; GAIT ANALYSIS; MUSCLE;

ORTHOSES; TASK REQUIREMENTS; TORSO; WRIST FLEXION;

ORTHOPEDICS;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; SHOULDER; TRUNK; WRIST;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; POSTURE; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 33750401395     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872006778606859     Document Type: Article

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