Trapezius muscle motor unit activity in symptomatic participants during finger tapping using properly and improperly adjusted desks

Human Factors

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 252-266

  Zennaro, Daniel ^a,c   Läubli, Thomas ^a   Krebs, Denise ^b   Krueger, Helmut ^a   Klipstein, Andreas ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; USER INTERFACES;

FINGER TAPPING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; NECK SHOULDER AREAS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE MOTOR UNIT ACTIVITY;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WORK SCHEDULE; BIOMECHANICS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NECK MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK MUSCLES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644313712     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.46.2.252.37349     Document Type: Article

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