Electromyography Analysis: Comparison of Maximum Voluntary Contraction Methods for Anterior Deltoid and Trapezius Muscles

Procedia Manufacturing

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 4578-4583

  Al Qaisi, Saif ^a   Aghazadeh, Fereydoun ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Electromyography (EMG); Maximum voluntary contraction (MVC); Physical ergonomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010008971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519789     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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