Effects of key stiffness on force and the development of fatigue while typing

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 849-854

  Gerard, Michael J ^a   Armstrong, Thomas J ^a   Foulke, James A ^a   Martin, Bernard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

electromyography; keyboards; typing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FATIGUE; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OPERATOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGIDITY;

EID: 0029836463     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119691014549     Document Type: Article

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