Muscular effort in four keyboard designs

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Gilad, Issachar ^a   Harel, Shlomit ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

EMG analysis; Keyboard design; Typing

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISKS; MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

TYPING;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034079185     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(99)00057-8     Document Type: Article

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