Trapezius muscle tone and viscoelastic properties in sitting and supine positions

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Supplement

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 76-80

  Viir, Ragnar ^a,b   Virkus, Ahti ^c   Laiho, Kari ^a,d   Rajaleid, Kristina ^e   Selart, Anne ^b   Mikkelson, Marja ^a  

^a RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c The Headrow Walk in Center   (United Kingdom)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gravity; Muscle tone; Sitting; Support function; Workplace prevention

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HEALTH RISK; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY; WEIGHT BEARING; WELLBEING;

EID: 41549119855     PISSN: 03566528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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