Manifestations of shoulder fatigue in prolonged activities involving low-force contractions

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 428-437

  de Looze, Michiel ^a,b   Bosch, Tim ^a   van Dieën, Jaap ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EMG; Mechanography; Muscle contraction; Task duration; Trapezius

Indexed keywords

EMG; MECHANOGRAPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TASK DURATION; TRAPEZIUS;

ERGONOMICS; SHOULDERS (ROAD); SHRINKAGE;

MUSCLE;

CAR DRIVING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SHOULDER DISEASE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SHOULDER;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 67651208180     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802707709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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