During computing tasks symptomatic female office workers demonstrate a trend towards higher cervical postural muscle load than asymptomatic office workers: An experimental study

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-262

  Szeto, Grace PY ^a   Straker, Leon M ^b   O'Sullivan, Peter B ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computers; Electromyography; Neck pain; Physiotherapy; Word processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549098794     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(09)70005-4     Document Type: Article

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