A versatile program for the analysis of electromyographic data

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• Personal Author:
  Anton DC ; Cook TM ; Fethke NB ; Fuller H
• Description:
  Ergonomists and researchers often utilize electromyographic (EMG) recordings to produce estimates of muscular work load in occupational exposure assessment. Prolonged measurements, possible with recent technological advances in portable data acquisition and compact memory storage technologies, require efficient data reduction methods not always available in commercial software packages. The Iowa EMG Analysis Program (IEAP) was created to provide researchers the means to incorporate multiple processing techniques suited for the analysis of prolonged EMG measurements. IEAP currently includes subroutines to calculate the amplitude probability distribution function, exposure variation analysis, clustered exposure variation analysis, and gaps analysis profiles for up to four channels of root-mean-square processed EMG data. Data management functions include the creation of customized hypertext markup language (HTML) documentation and text files able to seamlessly incorporate analysis results into existing statistical software packages. IEAP is a powerful EMG analysis tool ideally suited for ergonomists and researchers involved in occupational ergonomics studies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Workload
• Keywords:
  Analytical-methods Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Measurement-equipment Muscle-function Muscles Musculoskeletal-system Work-capacity Workers
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Maryland ; Nebraska ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  17
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040700
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th Annual Meeting, September 20-24, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2004 Oct; 48(17):2099-2103
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities ; Construction
• Performing Organization:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th Annual Meeting, September 20-24, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana
• End Date:
  20050630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:04a1c0d1cfe67f366761021d96c1e2aafc838064e303df655f5fd83c07888f3abe45b78cc086103534cfac6f35be8ce8f781ed57ab06e5d87fcccc7292e62e68
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193480/cdc_193480_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 337.45 KB ]