Research Article

Investigating the Effect of Keyboard Distance on the Posture and 3D Moments of Wrist and Elbow Joints among Males Using OpenSim

Table 3

Mean (standard deviation) scores of subjective discomfort assessment ().

RegionT1T2T3 value

Right wrist3.12 (0.23)2.01 (0.41)1.27 (0.15)0.012
Left wrist2.96 (0.8)1.88 (0.3)1.49 (0.2)0.037
Right elbow2.78 (0.12)2.16 (0.41)1.93 (0.33)0.962
Left elbow1.76 (0.04)1.48 (0.08)1.23 (0.13)0.124

Friedman test. Bolded values indicate statistically significant results. Zero meant no discomfort, and 10 represented the highest discomfort.