Gender effects on the coordination of subdivisions of the trapezius muscle during a repetitive box-folding task

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 175-182

  Johansen, Thorbjørn I ^a   Samani, Afshin ^a   Antle, David M ^b,c   Côté, Julie N ^b,c   Madeleine, Pascal ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic tasks; Motor control; Musculoskeletal disorders; Normalised mutual information; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER JOINT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872315558     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-012-2425-6     Document Type: Article

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