Effect of visual display terminal height on the trapezius muscle hardness: Quantitative evaluation by a newly developed muscle hardness meter

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 473-478

  Horikawa, Muneyuki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle hardness; Muscle hardness meter; Screen height; Trapezius muscle; VDT work

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER TERMINALS; EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; WORD PROCESSING;

TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE HARDNESS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTEER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034908158     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(01)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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