Perceived exertion, comfort and working technique in professional computer users and associations with the incidence of neck and upper extremity symptoms
Open Access
- 21 March 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Vol. 13 (1), 38
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-38
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate whether perceived exertion, perceived comfort and working technique is associated with the incidence of neck and upper extremity symptoms among professional computer users.This publication has 40 references indexed in Scilit:
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