Reliability of different thresholds for defining muscular rest of the trapezius muscles in computer office workers

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 860-871

  Delisle, Alain ^a   Larivière, Christian ^a   Plamondon, André ^a   Salazar, Érik ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer work; Muscle activity; Muscular rest; Reliability; Trapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORK; MEASUREMENT STRATEGIES; MUSCLE ACTIVITY; MUSCULAR REST; OFFICE WORKERS; REPEATED MEASURES; STUDY DESIGN; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY SIGNALS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

OFFICE BUILDINGS; RELIABILITY;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFFICE WORKER; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; COMPUTERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 68349135156     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802641601     Document Type: Article

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