The effect of alternate style keyboards on severity of symptoms and functional status of individuals with work related upper extremity disorders

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 707-718

  Ripat, Jacquie ^a   Scatliff, Tom ^b   Giesbrecht, Ed ^a   Quanbury, Arthur ^a   Friesen, Margaret ^a   Kelso, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activation force; Cumulative trauma disorders; Ergonomics; Keyboard; Typing force; Work related upper extremity disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYEE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KEYBOARD; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SYMPTOM; VIBRATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33845513121     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-006-9054-z     Document Type: Article

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