An assessment of alternate keyboards using finger motion, wrist motion and tendon travel

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 499-503

  Treaster, Delia E ^a   Marras, Williams S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate keyboards; Cumulative trauma disorders; Tendon travel; Wrist deviations

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; ERGONOMICS; KINEMATICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POSITION MEASUREMENT;

ALTERNATE KEYBOARDS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; TENDON TRAVEL; WRIST DEVIATIONS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT LIMITATION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK FACTOR; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TENDONS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0034064544     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(00)00012-7     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. Nelson JE, Treaster DE, Marras WS. Finger motion, wrist motion, and tendon travel as a function of keyboard angles. Clinical Biomechanics 2000;15:489-98.