Stress-induced muscle effort as a cause of repetitive strain injury?

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2049-2058

  Rietveld, S ^a   van Beest, I ^b   Kamphuis, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cumulative Trauma Disorder; Muscle tension; Occupational Overuse Syndrome; Personality; Repetitive strain injury; Stress

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; STRAIN;

CUMULATIVE TRAUM DISORDER; MUSCLE TENSION; OCCUPATIONAL OVERUSE SYNDROME; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRESS; NEUROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 36549060674     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701393403     Document Type: Article

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