Association between numbers of long periods with sustained low-level trapezius muscle activity and neck pain

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1556-1567

  Østensvik, Tove ^a   Veiersted, Kaj Bo ^b   Nilsen, Petter ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohort; Control levers; Epidemiology; Forest vehicles; Musculoskeletal disorders; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

COHORT; COHORT STUDIES; FOREST RESEARCHERS; MACHINE OPERATORS; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIOS; RATIO SCALE; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; SUSTAINED LOW-LEVEL MUSCLE ACTIVITY; TIME INTERVAL; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE ACTIVITY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HARVESTERS; MUSCLE;

CONTROL SURFACES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FORESTRY; HUMAN; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORESTRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 74849103470     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130903199889     Document Type: Article

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