User-centered design and evaluation of a next generation fixed-split ergonomic keyboard

Work

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-456

  McLoone, Hugh E ^a   Jacobson, Melissa ^b   Hegg, Chau ^c   Johnson, Peter W ^c  

^a MICROSOFT   (United States)

^b 56seven8 Design ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; design process; forearm posture; performance; text entry; wrist posture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER TERMINAL; DEVICE SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; WRIST INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURIES; COMPUTER TERMINALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650591014     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-1109     Document Type: Article

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