The effect of load weight vs. pace on muscle recruitment during lifting

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1044-1050

  Yoon, Jangwhon ^a   Shiekhzadeh, Ali ^b   Nordin, Margareta ^c  

^a Dongshin University   (South Korea)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lifting biomechanics; Lower back pain; Muscle recruitment pattern

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

BIOMECHANICAL LOADS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; LIFTING BIOMECHANICS; LOWER BACK PAIN; MECHANICAL LOADS; MUSCLE RECRUITMENT PATTERNS; SHOULDER HEIGHTS; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LIFTING PACE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORKER;

EID: 84863775417     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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