Effects on variation in shoulder, forearm and low back muscle activity from combining seated computer work with other productive office tasks: results from a simulation study.

The effect on muscle activity variation of combining different office tasks is not known. We recorded electromyography from the upper trapezius (UT), wrist extensor (WE) and lumbar erector spinae (LES) in 24 office workers during five productive tasks, and breaks. Minute-to-minute variance was then...

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Published in:Ergonomics Vol. 65; no. 6; pp. 815 - 828
Main Authors: Barbieri, Dechristian França, Brusaca, Luiz Augusto, Mathiassen, Svend Erik, Srinivasan, Divya, Oliveira, Ana Beatriz
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2022
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