Upper extremity kinematic and kinetic adaptations during a fatiguing repetitive task

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 404-411

  Qin, Jin ^a,b   Lin, Jia Hua ^b   Faber, Gert S ^c   Buchholz, Bryan ^a   Xu, Xu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Kinematic variability; Repetitive work; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; WRIST;

AGE; KINEMATIC VARIABILITY; REPETITIVE WORK; UPPER EXTREMITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRONATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TORQUE; UPPER EXTREMITY; WORK; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899904275     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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