Physical ergonomics of virtual environment use

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-90

  Nichols, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mapping; Physical ergonomics; Virtual environment; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; EQUIPMENT; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0033081886     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(98)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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