The effect of wrist rests and forearm support during keyboard and mouse use

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 463-472

  Cook, Catherine ^a   Burgess Limerick, Robin ^b   Papalia, Shona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Keyboard; Mouse; Wrist posture; Wrist rests

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); MUSCLE;

MUSCLE ACTIVITY; WRIST RESTS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULNA; WRIST;

EID: 1642463040     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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