Wrist and forearm postures of users of conventional computer keyboards

Human Factors

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 413-424

  Simoneau, Guy G ^a   Marklin, Richard W ^a   Monroe, John F ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DYNAMICS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULNA; WRIST;

EID: 0033401531     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872099779610978     Document Type: Article

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