Comparisons of musculoskeletal complaints and data entry between a sitting and a sit-stand workstation paradigm

Human Factors

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-320

  Husemann, Britta ^a   Von MacH, Carolin Yvonne ^a   Borsotto, Daniel ^a   Zepf, Kirsten Isabel ^a   Scharnbacher, Jutta ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attentional processes; Built environmental design; Cognition; Computer systems; Dual task performance; Human computer interaction (HCI); Macroergonomics and the environment; Posture; Seated working positions; Workplace intervention; Workspace

Indexed keywords

ATTENTIONAL PROCESSES; BUILT ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; COGNITION; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE; HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (HCI); MACROERGONOMICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT; POSTURE; SEATED WORKING POSITIONS; WORKPLACE INTERVENTION; WORKSPACE;

EXPERIMENTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SITTING; STANDING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249104634     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720809338173     Document Type: Article

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