Effect of work with visual display units on musculo-skeletal disorders in the office environment

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 443-451

  Sillanpää, Jarmo ^a   Huikko, S ^d   Nyberg, M ^a   Kivi, P ^c   Laippala, P ^d   Uitti, J ^a,b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Tampere Health Center   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mouse use; Musculo skeletal disorders; Office work; VDU work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OFFICE WORKER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; COMPUTERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0242468123     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg120     Document Type: Article

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