An ergonomics study of thumb movements on smartphone touch screen

Ergonomics

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 943-955

  Xiong, Jinghong ^a   Muraki, Satoshi ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EMG; perceived exertion; smartphone touch screen; thumb performance

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; FASTENERS; MUSCLE; SIGNAL ENCODING;

EMG; FLEXION-EXTENSION; MEASUREMENTS OF; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; PERCEIVED EXERTION; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; THUMB PERFORMANCE;

SMARTPHONES;

ADULT; CELL PHONES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THUMB; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CELL PHONES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THUMB; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901691126     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2014.904007     Document Type: Article

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