Wrist and forearm posture from typing on split and vertically inclined computer keyboards

Human Factors

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 559-569

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

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER TERMINAL; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OFFICE WORKER; RISK FACTOR; WRIST;

EID: 0033511490     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872099779656770     Document Type: Article

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