Kinematics of the fingers and hands during computer keyboard use

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-43

  Baker, Nancy A ^a   Cham, Rakié ^a   Cidboy, Erin Hale ^b   Cook, James ^a   Redfern, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremities (MSD UE); Range of motion; Typing; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; INVERSE KINEMATICS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MOTION PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANGULAR VELOCITIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS OF THE UPPER EXTREMITIES (MSD-UE); RISK FACTORS;

COMPUTER KEYBOARD SUBSTITUTES (HANDICAPPED AID);

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; FINGER; HAND DISEASE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KEYBOARD; KINEMATICS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VELOCITY; WRIST;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THUMB; WRIST; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33845776990     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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