Daily computer usage correlated with undergraduate students' musculoskeletal symptoms

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 481-488

  Chang, Che Hsu ^a   Amick III, Benjamin C ^b,c   Menendez, Cammie Chaumont ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a,d   Johnson, Peter W ^e   Robertson, Michelle ^f   Dennerlein, Jack Tigh ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer; Dose response; Exposure assessment; Musculoskeletal disorders; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 34249979286     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20461     Document Type: Article

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