Postural load during VDU work: A comparison between various work postures

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1255-1268

  Aarås, Arne ^a   Fostervold, Knut Inge ^b   Ro, Ola ^c   Thoresen, Magne ^d   Larsen, Stig ^d  

^a Alcatel STK ASA   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Premed AS   (Norway)

^d Medstat Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Forearm support; Keyboard; Mouse; Muscle load; VDU

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

FOREARM SUPPORT; POSTURES;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SITTING; STANDING; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WORK;

ADULT; BACK; COMPUTER TERMINALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031281639     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397187496     Document Type: Article

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