Discriminating between individuals with and without musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremity by means of items related to computer keyboard use

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-165

  Baker, Nancy A ^a   Sussman, Nancy B ^a   Redfern, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative trauma disorders; Ergonomics; Keyboard; Observation; Rehabilitation; Work related upper extremity disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 43849111551     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-008-9127-2     Document Type: Article

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