Neck-shoulder muscle activity in general and task-specific resting postures of symptomatic computer users with chronic neck pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-345

  Yuk Szeto, Grace Pui ^a,b   Straker, Leon Melville ^b   O'Sullivan, Peter Bruce ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer use; Keyboard; Neck pain; Surface electromyography; Trapezius; Work related musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL ERECTOR SPINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KEYBOARD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; OFFICE WORKER; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SHOULDER; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 65049085161     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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