Anthropology
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Marwa M Mahfouz

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• Research Article
  For Prolonged Computer Users: Laptop Screen Position and Sitting Style cause more Cervical Musculoskeletal Dysfunction Compared to Desktop, Ergonomic Evaluation
  Author(s): Gamal M Saied, Ragia M Kamel and Marwa M Mahfouz Gamal M Saied, Ragia M Kamel and Marwa M Mahfouz
  
  Background: There is a recent trend to replace desktop with laptop computers. Laptops are portable, light weight and space saving, enabling the users to work anywhere and at anytime. But most laptops are designed with the screen joined to the keyboard, making it impossible to adjust separately in terms of screen height & distance, and keyboard height & distance. We proposed that computer type and user sitting style affect differently the craniocervical angle and the load over specific muscles in the back and neck. Subjects and methods: Thirty volunteer computer workers were studied at the Basic Sciences Department, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Cairo University from November 2012 to April, 2013. They first assumed the desktop then laptop sitting styles each for 20 min. Electromyography was done for the semispinalis cervicis, capitis and .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2332-0915.1000117

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