Effects of eccentric exercise on trapezius electromyography during computer work with active and passive pauses

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 619-625

  Samani, Afshin ^a,b   Holtermann, Andreas ^b   Søgaard, Karen ^c   Madeleine, Pascal ^a  

^a Center for Sensory Motor Interaction (SMI)   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Delayed onset muscle soreness; Exposure variation analysis; Muscle spatial organization; Neck shoulder pain; Relative rest time

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PATTERNS; ACTIVITY PATTERNS; COMPUTER WORK; DELAYED ONSET MUSCLE SORENESS; ECCENTRIC EXERCISE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC; EMG AMPLITUDE; EXPOSURE VARIATION ANALYSIS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; NECK-SHOULDER PAIN; RELATIVE REST TIME; REST TIME; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SURFACE EMG; TIME AXIS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VARIATION ANALYSIS;

SHOULDERS (ROAD);

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REST; SHOULDER; WORD PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68749106832     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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