Physical workload during use of speech recognition and traditional computer input devices

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-133

  Juul Kristensen, B ^a   Laursen, B ^b   Pilegaard, M ^c   Jensen, B R ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Computer; EMG; Posture; Speech recognition; Workload

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

TEXT EDITING;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NECK MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; READING; SHOULDER; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK; WORKLOAD;

COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK MUSCLES; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0842330512     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130310001617912     Document Type: Article

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