Prospective study of the relationship between musculoskeletal and psychological complaints and electromyographic activity during isometric muscular contractions in a working population

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 410-420

  Steingrímsdóttir, Ólöf Anna ^a   Knardahl, Stein ^a,b   Vøllestad, Nina Køpke ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Muscular activity; Musculosketal; Pain; Psychological; Subjective complaints

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 7244238994     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.829     Document Type: Article

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