Wrist posture during computer pointing device use

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 280-286

  Burgess Limerick, R ^a   Shemmell, J ^a   Scadden, R ^a   Plooy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer mice; Musculoskeletal disorders; Pointing devices; Wrist

Indexed keywords

GAIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

COMPUTER POINTING DEVICE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER; WRIST POSTURE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULNA; WRIST; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 0033060373     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)90093-6     Document Type: Article

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