Posture, discomfort and performance in a vdt task

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 345-359

  Liao, M H ^a   Drury, C G ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Performance; Posture; Typing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME;

EID: 0034118405     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401300184459     Document Type: Article

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