Ergography is the recording of an ergogram, which records the voluntary contractions of skeletal muscles during exercise on a moving paper. It is used to assess work done by flexing fingers and to study muscle fatigue. The subject contracts their fingers against resistance using an ergography device until fatigued. Various factors like weight lifted, contraction frequency, motivation, and blood supply to the exercising muscle can influence the degree and duration of work performed as well as the onset of fatigue. Fatigue results from the depletion of nutrients and accumulation of metabolites in the muscles.