Effectiveness of an ergonomic keyboard for typists with work related upper extremity disorders: A follow-up study

Work

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-283

  Ripat, Jacquie ^a   Giesbrecht, Ed ^a   Quanbury, Arthur ^a   Kelso, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

computer peripheral; cumulative trauma disorders; ergonomics; follow up studies; Keyboard; work related upper extremity disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTERS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 78650606055     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-1079     Document Type: Article

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