Muscle activity and cardiovascular response during computer-mouse work with and without memory demands

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1312-1329

  Finsen, L ^a   Sogaard K ^a   Jensen, C ^a   Borg, V ^a   Christensen, H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Comfort; Computer mouse work; EMG; Heart rate; Mental demand

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; MUSCLE;

COMPUTER-MOUSE WORKS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; SELF REPORT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SHOULDER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 18344369163     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130110099065     Document Type: Article

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