Electromyography data were collected on three muscle groups of the arm while subjects performed a task with two-hand control buttons mounted at eye level and at waist level. It was found that EMG energy, an indicator of muscular effort expended, was 4.7 times higher with the eye-level buttons for all three muscle groups.
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