Quantitative assessment of upper limb muscle fatigue depending on the conditions of repetitive task load

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 671-682

  Roman Liu, Danuta ^a   Tokarski, Tomasz ^a   Wójcik, Karina ^b  

^a Ctrl Inst for Labour Protection   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fatigue; Handgrip; Repetitive task; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 5644289825     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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