Effect of precision demands and mental pressure on muscle activation and hand forces in computer mouse tasks

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 202-217

  Visser, Bart ^a,b   De Looze, Michiel P ^b   De Graaff, Matthijs P ^b   Van Dieën, Jaap H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer work; EMG; Upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

MENTAL PRESSURE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MUSCLE;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCURACY; ARM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WORK; WRIST; ADULT; HAND; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0842283263     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130310001617967     Document Type: Article

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