The effect of an on-body personal lift assist device (PLAD) on fatigue during a repetitive lifting task

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 331-340

  Lotz, Christy A ^a   Agnew, Michael J ^b   Godwin, Alison A ^c   Stevenson, Joan M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Erector spinae; Lifting; Manual materials handling; Muscle fatigue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDURANCE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFTING EFFORT; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL EXERTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 59149098841     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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