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Craig Turner1, Justine Pelletier2, Robin Mailly1

  • 1Laboratoire de Simulation et Modélisation du Mouvement, École de Kinésiologie et des Sciences de l'Activité Physique, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada; Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montréal Métropolitain, Québec, Canada.

Applied Ergonomics
|December 12, 2025
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Keywords:
AnthropometryErgonomically modified keyboardPiano performance biomechanics

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