Neck/shoulder pain, habitual spinal posture and computer use in adolescents: The importance of gender

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 539-546

  Straker, Leon M ^a,b   Smitha, Anne J ^a,b   Bear, Natasha ^b   O'Sullivan, Peter B ^a,b   de Klerk, Nicholas H ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer use; Gender; Neck pain; Posture; Raine study

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER USE; GENDER; NECK PAIN; POSTURE; RAINE STUDY;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

HEALTH;

EID: 79959288918     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.576777     Document Type: Article

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