Muscle fatigue based evaluation of bicycle design

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 2 PB, 2014, Pages 339-345

  Balasubramanian, V ^a   Jagannath, M ^a   Adalarasu, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Bicycle design; Muscle fatigue; Posture; RGB pain scale; Surface electromyography (sEMG)

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MUSCLE;

ERECTOR SPINAE; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; MUSCLE FATIGUES; POSTURE; PSYCHOPHYSICAL; RGB PAIN SCALE; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

BICYCLES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

BICYCLE DESIGN; MUSCLE FATIGUE; POSTURE; RGB PAIN SCALE; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY (SEMG);

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; SUPERFICIAL BACK MUSCLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889097483     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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