Effects of negatively sloped keyboard wedges on risk factors for upper extremity work-related musculoskeletal disorders and user performance

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1793-1808

  Woods, Mitchell ^a   Babski Reeves, Kari ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Data entry; Key strike force; Keyboard; WMSD

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; RISKS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ELECTROGONIOMETER; KEY STRIKE FORCE; WORK RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOINT FUNCTION; KEYBOARD; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 30844448570     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500292087     Document Type: Article

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