Position of document holder and work related risk factors for neck pain among computer users: A narrative review

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 256-261

  Ambusam, S ^a   Baharudin, O ^a   Roslizawati, N ^a   Leonard, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Document holder; Document location; Head posture; Muscle activity; Neck muscle; Work related disordersrepetitive

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; DATA BASE; DEVICES; DOCUMENT HOLDER; FATIGUE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KEYBOARD; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROTATION; SCIENCEDIRECT; SPINE MOBILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSITION; COMPUTER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

COMPUTERS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84958164902     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: 19726007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7417/CT.2015.1898     Document Type: Review

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