Upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms and functional impairment associated with computer use among college students

Work

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-93

  Hupert, Nathaniel ^a   Amick, Benjamin C ^b   Fossel, Anne H ^c   Coley, Christopher M ^d,e   Robertson, Michelle M ^f   Katz, Jeffrey N ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

College; Computer; Functional status; Health care utilization; Musculoskeletal

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERGONOMICS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; COMPUTERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; STUDENTS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 4644265411     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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