The influence of desk and display design on posture and muscle activity variability whilst performing information technology tasks

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 852-859

  Straker, L ^a   Burgess Limerick, R ^b   Pollock, C ^a   Maslen, B ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer; Muscle activity; Musculoskeletal disorder; Posture; Variation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISCOMFORTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; POSTURE; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; VARIATION;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349148885     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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