Touch-screen tablet user configurations and case-supported tilt affect head and neck flexion angles

Work

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-91

  Young, Justin G ^a   Trudeau, Matthieu ^a   Odell, Dan ^b   Marinelli, Kim ^b   Dennerlein, Jack T ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

media tablets; mobile computing; Slate computing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; NECK;

ADULT; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; POSTURE;

EID: 84855809518     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1337     Document Type: Article

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