title: Eye-lens accommodation load and static trapezius muscle activity.
abstract: The purpose of this experimental study was to investigate if sustained periods of oculomotor load impacts on neck/scapular area muscle activity. The static trapezius muscle activity was assessed from bipolar surface electromyography, normalized to a submaximal contraction. Twenty-eight subjects with a mean age of 29 (range 19-42, SD 8) viewed a high-contrast fixation target for two 5-min periods through: (1) -3.5 dioptre (D) lenses; and (2) 0 D lenses. The target was placed 5 D away from the individual's near point of accommodation. Each subject's ability to compensate for the added blur was extracted via infrared photorefraction measurements. Subjects whose accommodative response was higher in the -D blur condition (1) showed relatively more static bilateral trapezius muscle activity level. During no blur (2) there were no signs of relationships. The results indicate that sustained eye-lens accommodation at near, during ergonomically unfavourable viewing conditions, could possibly represent a risk factor for trapezius muscle myalgia.
authors.affiliation: Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Occupational and Public Health Science, Faculty of Health and Working Life, University of Gävle, 801 76, Gävle, Sweden. hrr@hig.se
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bänziger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forsman
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D003290:Convergence, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D004576:Electromyography; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology
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