EMG alterations at sustained contractions with special emphasis on applications in ergonomics

Electromyography in Ergonomics

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 163-181

  Hägg, Göran M ^a,b   Kadefors, Roland ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICAL LOADING; CLINICAL MEDICINE; FINE MOTOR CONTROL; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE FATIGUES; MUSCULAR CONTRACTION; MUSCULAR EFFORT; MUSCULAR FATIGUES;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 85052454363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203758670     Document Type: Chapter

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