Effect of four computer keyboards in computer users with upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 647-661

  Tittiranonda, Pat ^a,b   Rempel, David ^b   Armstrong, Thomas ^c   Burastero, Stephen ^a,b,d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Computer keyboard; Musculoskeletal disorders; Office ergonomics; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OPERATOR; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENDINITIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 0032957163     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199906)35:6<647::AID-AJIM12>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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