The association between computer typing style and typing speeds

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• Personal Author:
  Baker NA ; Redfern MS
• Description:
  Typing styles vary among keyboard users; however few studies have investigated the association between typing style and typing speed. The purpose of this paper is to describe the differences in typing speed between typists who rarely assume extreme postures of the wrist, hands, and fingers with typists who often assume extreme postures. The paper also examines the association between other typing behaviors, such as using a wrist support, and typing speed. Forty computer users were videotaped while typing a standardized text. Their typing postures were rated using the Keyboard Personal Computer Style instrument (K-PeCS). One-way ANOVA's were used to compare typing speed between the rating levels of several items on the K-PeCS. Results suggest that those who frequently isolate their 5th digit are significantly faster than those who always isolate their 5th digit. Subjects who "float" their wrists, translate their wrist/hands, do not change pro-nation angles, use moderate to high force, and use more digits appear to type faster than those who do not. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Computers Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Biomechanics Computer-equipment Keyboard-operators Office-workers Posture Statistical-analysis
• ISBN:
  9788945289308
• ISSN:
  1071-1813
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  15
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044390
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st Annual Meeting, October 1-5, 2007, Baltimore, Maryland. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2007 Oct; 51(15):869-873
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  University of Pittsburgh
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040501
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st Annual Meeting, October 1-5, 2007, Baltimore, Maryland
• End Date:
  20070430
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8826b9b851064ac14f6c9cb1b5d0f124806ea9bed199604c1ab53edef635d7e8817b157e2e3619c0be8d414bcbddbad2ce5ea1c803b3f97c15ec6742d33e5b05
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200100/cdc_200100_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 124.30 KB ]