An analysis of VDT monitor placement and daily hours of use for female bifocal users

Work

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-80

  Lyon Jr , Joseph L ^a   Lillquist, Dean R ^a   Alder, Steven ^a   Stephenson, Dale ^a   Bloswick, Donald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifocal; Musculoskeletal disorders; Video display terminals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIFOCAL LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIDEORECORDER; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER TERMINALS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037237450     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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