Electromyographic analysis of upper limb and hand muscles during horticultural activity motions

HortTechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-56

  Park, Sin Ae ^a   Oh, Sae Room ^b   Lee, Kwan Suk ^b   Son, Ki Cheol ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gardening; Horticultural therapy; Human issues in horticulture; Muscle activation; Physical rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875695066     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.23.1.51     Document Type: Article

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