Surface electromyography and mouse use position

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 781-789

  Harvey, Richard ^a   Peper, Erik ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromechanical mouse; Electromyography; Ergonomics; Keyboard; Subjective awareness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; ERGONOMICS; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); MUSCLE;

MUSCLE TENSION; TRACKBALLS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE;

EID: 0031213882     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397187775     Document Type: Article

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