Physiological Evaluation of Childcare-Associated Muscle Load on the Neck and Shoulder Region in Japanese Women

Figure 1

Possible positions of subjective symptoms. (a) The presence of subjective symptoms was investigated at positions numbered 1–9. (b) The mimetic diagram positioned on the back of a body model. The location of subjective symptoms was investigated using the figure classified into the standard six domains: lateral neck regions (1 and 3), medial neck region (2), lateral to the superior scapulae (4 and 6), medial to the superior scapulae (5), lateral to the inferior scapulae (7 and 9), and medial to the superior scapulae (8).

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