Shoulder muscle fatigue development in young and older female adults during a repetitive manual task

Ergonomics

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1201-1212

  Qin, Jin ^a,b   Lin, Jia Hua ^b   Buchholz, Bryan ^a   Xu, Xu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

age; electromyography; muscle fatigue; repetitive work; shoulder

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SHOULDERS (ROAD);

AGE; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES; MONOTONIC DECREASE; MUSCLE FATIGUES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; PERCEIVED EXERTION; REPETITIVE WORKS; WORK-RELATED INJURIES;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BACK MUSCLE; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SHOULDER; SUPERFICIAL BACK MUSCLES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903879617     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2014.914576     Document Type: Article

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