Can a more neutral position of the forearm when operating a computer mouse reduce the pain level for VDU operators?

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 30, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 307-324

  Aarås, Arne ^a   Dainoff, Marvin ^b   Ro, Ola ^c   Thoresen, Magne ^d  

^a Alcatel Telecom Norway AS   (Norway)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Premed AS   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mouse use; Musculoskeletal illness; VDU work

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

PAIN DEVELOPMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SHOULDER PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST;

EID: 0036807856     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(02)00133-6     Document Type: Article

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