An ergonomic field comparison of a traditional computer mouse and a vertical computer mouse in uninjured office workers

Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium'

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 356-359

  Straker, Leon ^a   Pollock, Clare ^a   Frosh, Anthony ^a   Aarås, Arne ^b   Dainoff, Marvin ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Alcatel   (Norway)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS;

BIOMECHANICS; HEALTH CARE; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 1842786413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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