Data entry workers perceptions and satisfaction response to the "stop and stretch" software program

• Published in: Work (Reading, Mass.) Vol. 27; no. 2; p. 111
• Main Authors: Trujillo, Leonard, Zeng, Xiaoming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 2006
• Subjects: Consumer Behavior; Cumulative Trauma Disorders - prevention & control; Exercise; Female; Humans; Male; Occupational Diseases - prevention & control; Reminder Systems; Software

Cumulative Trauma Disorder (CTD) is a collection of chronic musculoskeletal disorders caused by frequent, sustained, and repetitive movements, most notably by computer usage at the workplace. A computer based break reminder program (Stop and Stretch) has been developed and installed to prevent CTDs...