Computer key switch force-displacement characteristics and short-term effects on localized fatigue

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 160-170

  Radwin, Robert G ^a   Ruffalo, Barry A ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative trauma disorders; Fatigue; Human computer interaction; Keyboard design; Repetitive trauma disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032970463     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185865     Document Type: Article

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