Assessment of time patterns of activity and rest in full-shift recordings of trapezius muscle activity - Effects of the data processing procedure

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 540-547

  Veiersted, Kaj Bo ^a   Forsman, Mikael ^b,c   Hansson, Gert Åke ^d   Mathiassen, Svend Erik ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Data processing; Electromyography; Exposure; Muscle activity; Time variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAIRDRESSER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SHIFT WORKER; STUDENT; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONS; REST; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876976445     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Anton D., Cook T.M., Rosecrance J.C., Merlino L.A. Method for quantitatively assessing physical risk factors during variable noncyclic work. Scand J Work Environ Health 2003, 29:354-362.
2. Basmajian J.V., De Luca C.J. Muscles alive. Their functions revealed by electromyography 1985, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore.
3. Bernard BP, editor. Musculoskeletal disorders and workplace factors. A critical review of epidemiologic evidence for work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the neck, upper extremity, and low back. NIOSH; 1997.
4. Ciccarelli M., Straker L., Mathiassen S.E., Pollock C. ITkids Part II: variation of postures and muscle activity in children using different information and communication technologies. Work 2011, 38:413-427.
5. Cram J.R. The history of surface electromyography. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 2003, 28:81-91.
6. Davis R.C. Patterns of muscular activity during 'mental work' and their constancy. J Exp Psychol 1939, 24:451-465.
7. Delisle A., Larivière C., Plamondon A., Salazar é. Reliability of different thresholds for defining muscular rest of the trapezius muscles in computer office workers. Ergonomics 2009, 52:860-871.
8. Dul J., Douwes M., Smitt P. Ergonomic guidelines for the prevention of discomfort of static postures based on endurance data. Ergonomics 1994, 37:807-815.
9. El ahrache K., Imbeau D., Farbos B. Percentile values for determining maximum endurance times for static muscular work. Int J Ind Ergonom 2006, 36:99-108.
10. Escorpizo R.S., Moore A.E. Quantifying precision and speed effects on muscle loading and rest in an occupational hand transfer task. Int J Ind Ergonom 2007, 37:13-20.
11. Hägg G.M. Static work loads and occupational myalgia - a new explanation model. Electromyographical kinesiology 1991, 141-144. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V, Amsterdam. P.A. Anderson, D.J. Hobart, J.V. Danoff (Eds.).
12. Hägg G.M., Åström A. Load pattern and pressure pain threshold in the upper trapezius muscle and psychosocial factors in medical secretaries with and without shoulder/neck disorders. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1997, 69:423-432.
13. Hansson G.Å. Letter to the Editor: modeling nonlinear errors in surface electromyography due to baseline noise: a new methodology. J Biomech 2011, 44:1637-1638.
14. Hansson G.Å., Asterland P., Kellerman M. Modular data logger system for physical workload measurements. Ergonomics 2003, 46:407-415.
15. Hansson Gå, Asterland P, Skerfving S. Acquisistion and analysis of whole-day electromyographic field recordings. In: Hermens HJ, Hägg G, Freriks B, editors. Proceedings of the second general SENIAM, workshop; 1997. p. 19-27.
16. Hansson G.Å., Balogh I., Ohlsson K., Granqvist L., Nordander C., Arvidsson I., et al. Physical workload in various types of work: Part II. Neck, shoulder and upper arm. Int J Ind Ergonom 2010, 40:267-281.
17. Hansson G.Å., Nordander C., Asterland P., Ohlsson K., Strömberg U., Skerfving S., et al. Sensitivity of trapezius electromyography to differences between work tasks - influence of gap definition and normalisation methods. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2000, 10:103-115.
18. Iridiastadi H., Nussbaum M.A. Muscle fatigue and endurance during repetitive intermittent static efforts: development of predictive models. Ergonomics 2006, 49(4):344-360.
19. Jensen C., Vasseljen O., Westgaard R.H. The influence of electrode position on bipolar surface electromyogram recordings of the upper trapezius muscle. Eur J Appl Physiol 1993, 67:266-273.
20. Jonsson B. Kinesiology - with special reference to electromyographic kinesiology. In: Cobb WA, van Duijn H, editors. Contemporary clinical neurophysiology (EEG suppl. no. 34). Amsterdam: Elsevier; 1978. p. 417-28.
21. Jonsson B. Measurement and evaluation of local muscular strain in the shoulder during constrained work. J Hum Ergol 1982, 11:73-88.
22. Kern D.S., Semmler J.G., Enoka R.M. Long-term activity in upper- and lower-limb muscles of humans. J Appl Physiol 2001, 91:2224-2232.
23. Larivière C., Delisle A., Plamondon A. The effect of sampling frequency on EMG measures of occupational mechanical exposure. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2005, 15:200-209.
24. Linderhed H. A method for analyzing the temporal pattern of EMG. In: Quéinnec Y, Daniellou F, editors. Designing for everyone. Proceedings 11th congress IEA, Paris 1991. London: Taylor & Francis; 1991. p. 45-7.
25. Lundervold A. Occupation myalgia. Electromyographic investigations. Acta Psych Neurol Scand 1951, 26:359-369.
26. Madeleine P., Lundager B., Voigt M., Arendt-Nielsen L. The effects of neck-shoulder pain development on sensory-motor interactions among female workers in the poultry and fish industries. A prospective study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2003, 76:39-49.
27. Mathiassen SE. Variation in shoulder-neck activity. Physiological, psychophysical and methodological studies of isometric exercise and light assembly work. Thesis. Arbete och Hälsa 1993:7:1-106.
28. Mathiassen S.E. Diversity and variation in biomechanical exposure: what is it, and why would we like to know?. Appl Ergon 2006, 37:419-427.
29. Mathiassen S.E., Winkel J. Quantifying variation in physical load using exposure-vs-time data. Ergonomics 1991, 34(12):1455-1468.
30. Mathiassen S.E., Winkel J., Hägg G.M. Normalization of surface EMG amplitude from the upper trapezius muscle in ergonomic studies - a review. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 1995, 5:197-226.
31. Mork P.J., Westgaard R.H. Long-term electromyographic activity in upper trapezius and low back muscles of women with moderate physical activity. J Appl Physiol 2005, 99:570-578.
32. Mork P.J., Westgaard R.H. Low-amplitude trapezius activity in work and leisure and the relation to shoulder and neck pain. J Appl Physiol 2006, 100:1142-1149.
33. National Research Council, Institute of Medicine. Musculoskeletal disorders and the workplace. Low back and upper extremities. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2001.
34. Nordander C., Hansson G.A., Rylander L., Asterland P., Bystrom J.U., Ohlsson K., et al. Muscular rest and gap frequency as EMG measures of physical exposure: the impact of work tasks and individual related factors. Ergonomics 2000, 43:1904-1919.
35. Østensvik T., Veiersted K.B., Nilsen P. A method to quantify frequency and duration of sustained low-level muscle activity as a risk factor for musculoskeletal discomfort. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2009, 19:283-294.
36. Østensvik T., Veiersted K.B., Nilsen P. Association between number of long periods with sustained low-level trapezius muscle activity and neck pain. Ergonomics 2009, 52:1556-1567.
37. Redfern M.S., Hughes R.E., Chaffin D.B. High-pass filtering to remove electrocardiographic interference from torso EMG recordings. Clin Biomech 1993, 8:44-48.
38. Sandsjö L., Melin B., Rissén D., Dohns I., Lundberg U. Trapezius muscle activity, neck and shoulder pain, and subjective experiences during monotonous work in women. Eur J Appl Physiol 2000, 83:235-238.
39. Sundelin G., Hagberg M. The effects of different pause types on neck and shoulder EMG activity during VDU work. Ergonomics 1989, 32(5):527-537.
40. Svendsen S.W., Bonde J.P., Mathiassen S.E., Stengaard-Pedersen K., Frich L.H. Work-related shoulder disorders: quantitative exposure-response relationships with reference to arm posture. Occup Environ Med 2004, 61:844-853.
41. Takala E.P., Viikari-Juntura E. Muscular activity in simulated light work among subjects with frequent neck-shoulder pain. Int J Ind Ergonom 1991, 8:157-164.
42. Thorn S., Søgaard K., Kallenberg L.A.C., Sandsjö L., Sjøgaard G., Hermens H.J., et al. Trapezius muscle rest time during standardised computer work - a comparison of female computer users with and without self-reported neck/shoulder complaints. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2007, 17:420-427.
43. Veiersted K.B. The reproducibility of test contractions for calibration of electromyographic measurements. Eur J Appl Physiol 1991, 62:91-98.
44. Veiersted KB, Wærsted M, Hanvold TN, Hæg LB, Hansson GÅ. A simplified procedure to provoke maximal voluntary contraction (activity) in the upper trapezius muscle. In: PREMUS 2007, Sixth international scientific conference on prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, the conference center at Harvard Medical, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 27-30 August, 2007, book of abstracts; 2007. p. 66.
45. Veiersted K.B., Westgaard R.H., Andersen P. Pattern of muscle activity during stereotyped work and its relation to muscle pain. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1990, 62:31-41.
46. Veiersted K.B., Westgaard R.H., Andersen P. Electromyographic evaluation of muscular work pattern as a predictor of trapezius myalgia. Scand J Work Environ Health 1993, 19:284-290.
47. Wells R., Mathiassen S.E., Medbo L., Winkel J. Time - a key issue for musculoskeletal health and manufacturing. Appl Ergonom 2007, 38:733-744.
48. Westgaard RH. Effects of physical and mental stressors on muscle pain. Scand J Work Environ Health 1999;25(suppl. 4):19-24.