Job demands, muscle activity and musculoskeletal symptoms in relation to work with the computer mouse

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 418-424

  Jensen, Chris ^a   Borg, Vilhelm ^a   Finsen, Lotte ^a   Hansen, Klaus ^a   Juul Kristensen, Birgit ^a   Christensen, Hanne ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exposure; Mental demands; Shoulder muscles; Video display units; Work posture; Wrist; Wrist extensor muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OPERATOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SITTING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKPLACE; WRIST;

EID: 0031752467     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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