ITKids: Variation in muscle activity among schoolchildren when using different information and communication technologies

42nd Annual Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Conference 2006, HFESA 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 94-101

  Ciccarelli, Marina ^a   Straker, Leon ^a   Mathiassen, Svend Erik ^b   Pollock, Clare ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; EMG; ICT; Variation

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; CHILDREN; EMG; ICT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; VARIATION;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

MUSCLE;

EID: 84879807931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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