Maximum one-handed shoulder strength for overhead work as a function of shoulder posture in females

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 131-140

  Garg, Arun ^a   Hegmann, Kurt T ^b   Kapellusch, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum voluntary strength; Maximum voluntary torque; Overhead work; Shoulder posture

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449090125     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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