Muscular fatigue and maximum endurance time assessment for male and female industrial workers

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 292-297

  Zhang, Zhanwu ^a   Li, Kai Way ^b   Zhang, Wei ^a   Ma, Liang ^a   Chen, Zhenguo ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Maximum endurance time; Muscular fatigue; Pushing; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

ENDURANCE TIME; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INDUSTRIAL WORKERS; MUSCULAR FATIGUES; PREDICTION ERRORS; PUSHING; STRENGTH PREDICTION; THEORETICAL MODELING;

ERGONOMICS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MAXIMUM ENDURANCE TIME; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84896705890     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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