Shoulder muscle activation and fatigue during a controlled forceful hand grip task

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 478-482

  Alizadehkhaiyat, O ^a   Fisher, A C ^a,b   Kemp, G J ^a   Vishwanathan, Karthik ^c   Frostick, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fine wire EMG; Grip; Muscle activity; Rotator cuff; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT LIMITATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SITTING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 79956027015     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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