Ergonomic aspects of portable personal computers with flat panel displays (PC-FPDs): Evaluation of posture, muscle activities, discomfort and performance

Industrial Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 282-289

  Villanueva, Maria Beatriz G ^a   Jonai, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Susumu ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Electromyography (EMG); Flat panel display (FPD); Performance; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

EID: 0031903280     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.36.282     Document Type: Article

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