How much variation does task rotation in the computerised office really provide?

43rd Annual Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia 2007, HFESA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 50-57

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

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EMG; Office workers; Task rotation; Variation

Indexed keywords

EMG; ERGONOMICS RESEARCH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; OFFICE WORKERS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE ACTIVITY; VARIATION;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; ROTATION;

MUSCLE;

EID: 84879823298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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