Shoulder and forearm oxygenation and myoelectric activity in patients with work-related muscle pain and healthy subjects

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1103-1115

  Elcadi, Guilherme H ^a,c   Forsman, Mikael ^a,b   Aasa, Ulrika ^c   Fahlstrom, Martin ^c   Crenshaw, Albert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Extensor carpi radialis; Muscle pain; Near infrared spectroscopy; Trapezius

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SHOULDER;

EID: 84876335490     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-012-2530-6     Document Type: Article

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