Biofeedback effectiveness to reduce upper limb muscle activity during computer work is muscle specific and time pressure dependent

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-58

  Vedsted, Pernille ^b   Søgaard, Karen ^a   Blangsted, Anne Katrine ^a   Madeleine, Pascal ^c   Sjøgaard, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Alectia A/S   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electromyography; EMG biofeedback; M. extensor digitorum communis; M. trapezius; Mechanomyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM COMMUNIS MUSCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; COMPUTERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONS; SHOULDER; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 78651085054     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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