Will musculoskeletal and visual stress change when Visual Display Unit (VDU) operators move from small offices to an ergonomically optimized office landscape?

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 839-845

  Helland, Magne ^a   Horgen, Gunnar ^a   Kvikstad, Tor Martin ^a   Garthus, Tore ^b   Aarås, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lighting conditions; Musculoskeletal disorders; Office landscape; VDU workplaces; Visual discomfort

Indexed keywords

GLARE; HEALTH; INSPECTION EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; LIGHTING CONDITIONS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; OFFICE LANDSCAPE; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE; VISUAL DISCOMFORT; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

LIGHTING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLURRED VISION; BONE STRESS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; JOB STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCULAR PRURITUS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL STRESS; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79960277850     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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