The effect of imposed and self-selected computer monitor height on posture and gaze angle

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 584-592

  Burgess Limerick, R ^a   Plooy, A ^b   Ankrum, D R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Nova Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Posture; VDT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK;

EID: 0032429757     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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