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Upper extremity pain and computer use among engineering graduate students

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to investigate risk factors associated with persistent or recurrent upper extremity and neck pain among engineering graduate students. METHODS: A random sample of 206 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) graduate students at a large public university completed an online questionnaire. RESULTS: Approximately 60% of respondents reported upper extremity or neck pain attributed to computer use and reported a mean pain severity score of 4.5 (+/-2.2; scale 0-10). In a final logistic regression model, female gender, years of computer use, and hours of computer use per week were significantly associated with pain. CONCLUSIONS: The high prevalence of upper extremity pain reported by graduate students suggests a public health need to identify interventions that will reduce symptom severity and prevent impairment.

Source: American Journal of Industrial Medicine

DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20071

Authors: Eric B. Schlossberg, Sandra Morrow, Augusto E. Llosa, Edward Mamary, Peter Dietrich, David M. Rempel

Institutions: University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Francisco, Stanford University, San Jose State University, University of California System

Language: English

Topic: Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2120840540

FWCI: 3.699

Cites: 13

Cited by: 77

Related to: 10