The effect of gender on finger angles during keyboarding

Details

• Personal Author:
  Baker NA ; Cook J ; Redfern M
• Description:
  This study examined the differences in finger joint angles between genders during keyboarding. Males have significantly larger mean MCP flexion angles than females, suggesting that females may maintain their MCP joints in hyperextension more than males during keyboarding. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Computers Men Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Sex Characteristics Women
• Keywords:
  Biomechanics Computer-equipment Humans Keyboard-operators Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Office-workers Posture Risk-analysis Sex-factors
• Publisher:
  American Society of Biomechanics
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044393
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, September 6-9, 2006, Blacksburg, Virginia. Newark, DE: American Society of Biomechanics, 2006 Sep; :25
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  University of Pittsburgh
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040501
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, September 6-9, 2006, Blacksburg, Virginia
• End Date:
  20070430
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2b1ec9dafcfc9e2cb486c8eff70106935b07e00dbdb2d59010fcaf31c3b4965034b7e717795478e1060eb9c8a25421933cd602fd6812b8781e12f98ad9f069d9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200103/cdc_200103_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 35.05 KB ]