Potentially problematic postures during work site keyboard use

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 386-397

  Baker, Nancy A ^a   Redfern, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Posture; Task performance and analysis; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 68949126871     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.63.4.386     Document Type: Article

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