A new simple dynamic muscle fatigue model and its validation

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 211-220

  Ma, Liang ^a   Chablat, Damien ^a   Bennis, Fouad ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES   (France)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Maximum endurance time; Maximum voluntary contraction; Muscle fatigue; Muscle fatigue index; Muscle fatigue model; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM ENDURANCE TIME; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FATIGUE INDEX; MUSCLE FATIGUE MODEL;

CONCRETES; DURABILITY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SHRINKAGE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 58049188517     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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