Smaller external notebook mice have different effects on posture and muscle activity

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 727-734

  Oude Hengel, Karen M ^a,b   Houwink, Annemieke ^a,b   Odell, Dan ^c   van Dieën, Jaap H ^a   Dennerlein, Jack T ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mouse; Hand size; Muscle activity; Notebook; Posture

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOTION ESTIMATION; MUSCLE;

COMPUTER MOUSE; HAND SIZE; MUSCLE ACTIVITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER MOUSE; DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MINICOMPUTER; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARM; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 44449148200     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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