Design and evaluation of a curved computer keyboard

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1529-1539

  McLoone, Hugh E ^a   Jacobson, Melissa ^b   Clark, Peter ^c   Opina, Ryan ^c   Hegg, Chau ^d   Johnson, Peter ^d  

^a MICROSOFT   (United States)

^b 56seven8 design ^*  (United States)

^c Interface Ergonomics BC Research   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort; Ergonomics; Performance; Productivity; Wrist posture

Indexed keywords

COMFORT; DESIGN GOAL; DESIGN PROCESS; KEYBOARD DESIGN; MEDICAL DEVICES; NEUTRAL POSTURE; NEUTRAL WRIST POSTURE; PERFORMANCE; TYPING SPEED; WRIST POSTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PRODUCTIVITY; TYPEWRITER KEYBOARDS;

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; CONSUMER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74849103473     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130903215321     Document Type: Article

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