A new input device: Comparison to three commercially available mouses

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-227

  Brown, J N A ^a   Albert, W J ^a   Croll, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; DATA REDUCTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); STRAIN;

POSTURAL RISK; POSTURAL STRAIN;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE; COMPUTER MOUSE; DATA ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ADULT; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34249654513     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130601002609     Document Type: Article

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