Effect of sitting or standing on touch screen performance and touch characteristics

Human Factors

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 789-802

  Chourasia, Amrish O ^a   Wiegmann, Douglas A ^a   Chen, Karen B ^a   Irwin, Curtis B ^a   Sesto, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

disability; force; performance; touch screen; workload

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORCE; INTERFACE DESIGNS; PERFORMANCE; SCREEN DESIGN; STANDING POSTURE; WORKLOAD;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; TOUCH SCREENS;

PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84880253558     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812470843     Document Type: Article

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