Workplace use of an adjustable keyboard: Adjustment preferences and effect on wrist posture

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 340-348

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

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustable keyboard; Musculoskeletal disorders; User preference; Wrist motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033015515     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028899908984451     Document Type: Article

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