Holding a tablet computer with one hand: Effect of tablet design features on biomechanics and subjective usability among users with small hands

Ergonomics

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1363-1375

  Pereira, Anna ^a   Miller, Tevis ^a   Huang, Yi Min ^a   Odell, Dan ^a   Rempel, David ^a  

^a University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

design; fatigue; hand held; mobile computing; productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; DESIGN FEATURES; DESIGN PARAMETERS; HAND-HELD; TABLET COMPUTER;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; DESIGN; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MOBILE COMPUTING; PRODUCTIVITY; TEXTURES;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; POSTURE; UPPER EXTREMITY; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885025756     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2013.820844     Document Type: Article

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