Quantifying Muscle Fatigue of the Low Back during Repetitive Load Lifting Using Lyapunov Analysis

Elias Spyropoulos¹, Anastasia Kyvelidou², Nikolas Stergiou² and George Athanassiou^3*

¹Division of Management & Organization studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, Laboratory of Ergonomics, University of Patras, Rion 26500, Greece

²Center for Research in Human Movement Variability, Department of Biomechanics, Biomechanics Research Building, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA

³Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, University of Patras, Rion 26500, Greece

^*Corresponding Author: George Athanassiou, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, University of Patras, Rion 26500, Greece, Tel: +30 2610 969490, Fax: +30 2610 969464 Email: