Posture, muscle activity and muscle fatigue in prolonged VDT work at different screen height settings

Ergonomics

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 714-730

  Seghers, Jan ^a   Jochem, Arnaud ^a   Spaepen, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computer terminals; Electromyography; Muscle fatigue; Neck muscles; Posture; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT SCREENS; FREQUENCIES; HEALTH CARE; MUSCLE;

MUSCLE FATIGUE;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERGONOMICS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD POSITION; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; POSITION EFFECT; SEAT; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER TERMINALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; POSTURE; SHOULDER;

EID: 0038175447     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013031000090107     Document Type: Article

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