Computer products usage and prevalence of computer related musculoskeletal discomfort among adolescents

Work

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-454

  Siu, Damian Chi Hong ^a   Tse, Lap Ah ^a   Yu, Ignatius Tak Sun ^a   Griffiths, Sian Meryl ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Computers; Ergonomics; Pain; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CHILD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77649175038     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2009-0945     Document Type: Article

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