Does elevating and tilting the input device support surface affect typing force and postural exposures of the wrist?

Work

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-193

  Asundi, Krishna ^a   Johnson, Peter W ^b   Dennerlein, Jack T ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer workstation; musculoskeletal disorders; physical risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960782676     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2011-1165     Document Type: Article

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