Trapezius muscle activity variation during computer work performed by individuals with and without neck-shoulder pain.

This study aimed at determining the extent to which individuals with neck-shoulder pain and non-symptomatic individuals differ in muscle activation patterns, when performing computer work, as quantified by exposure variation analysis (EVA). As a secondary aim, we also aimed to quantify the day-to-da...

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Publicado en:Applied Ergonomics Vol. 81
Autores principales: Kelson, Denean M., Mathiassen, Svend Erik, Srinivasan, Divya
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Nov2019
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          Kelson, Denean M.
          Mathiassen, Svend Erik
          Srinivasan, Divya
        affil: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA
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          Occupational Exposure Analysis
          Shoulder Pain Physiopathology
          Computer Terminals
          Neck Pain Physiopathology
          Occupational Diseases Physiopathology
          Male
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Occupational Diseases Etiology
          Case Control Studies
          Adult
          Muscle, Skeletal Physiopathology
          Female
          Pain Measurement
          Neck Pain Etiology
          Shoulder Pain Etiology
          Work Physiology
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          Adult: 19-44 years
          Male
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      ab: This study aimed at determining the extent to which individuals with neck-shoulder pain and non-symptomatic individuals differ in muscle activation patterns, when performing computer work, as quantified by exposure variation analysis (EVA). As a secondary aim, we also aimed to quantify the day-to-day reliability of EVA variables describing trapezius muscle activation in a non-symptomatic control group. Thirteen touch-typing computer users (pain: n = 5, non-symptomatic: n = 8) completed three pre-selected computer tasks in the laboratory. Upper trapezius muscle activity was recorded using electromyography and analyzed using EVA with five amplitude and five duration categories. Individuals with neck-shoulder pain spent less time at low amplitudes and exhibited longer uninterrupted periods of muscle activation compared to their non-symptomatic counterparts. Thus, non-symptomatic workers tended to switch between exposure levels more often than individuals with pain. For a majority of EVA variables, ICCs ranged from 0.6 to 0.9, and between-days coefficients of variation were between 0.4 and 2.2.
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