Short-term effects of implemented high intensity shoulder elevation during computer work

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Larsen, Mette K ^a   Samani, Afshin ^a,b   Madeleine, Pascal ^b   Olsen, Henrik B ^a   Søgaard, Karen ^c   Holtermann, Andreas ^a  

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

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; SHOULDER PAIN; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SHOULDER; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLITION;

EID: 69449105843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-101     Document Type: Article

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