Effect of VDT keyboard height and inclination on musculoskeletal discomfort for wheelchair users

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 535-542

  Swei Pi, W U ^a   Yang, Chien Hsin ^a  

^a HUAFAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER TERMINAL; DISABLED PERSON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DISABLED PERSONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; POSTURE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 19944419480     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.100.2.535-542     Document Type: Article

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