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INSAN Media Psikologi

ISSN 1411-2671 (Cetak); 2310-7945 (Online)

Vol. 14 / No. 2 / Published : 2012-08

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Original Article :

Effect of using laptop support to human fatigue on laptop user

Author :

  1. Amanda*1
  2. Zulkarnain*2
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  4. -*4
  5. -*5
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Abstract :

Nowadays, the use of a laptop is increasing. Laptops are designed foremost to be portable but not ergonomics of use for long  periods. Laptop design is  not ergonomic; consequently users are not free to configure the equipment in working. A high intensity of using laptop causes fatigue. One product thatis  designed to reduce fatigue is  laptop support. The purpose of this  study  was to examine the effect of using laptop support to human fatigue. The method was using a quantitative approach by experimental  design.  The  Experimental  design  was  single  group,  pretest-posttest  design.  The subjects were 40 students of the Faculty of Psychology , University of Sumatera Utara. The sampling technique  was simple  random  sampling.  Data was collected using Subjective  Self  Rating T est,  Nordic body map questionnaire  and statistically analyzed using paired sample  t-test.  The results  showed that  there  was a  significant  difference  in  fatigue  between  before  and  after  using  of  laptop  support.  It showed that using of laptop support has effect to reduce fatigue on laptop users. The implication of this  study  is  that  it  contributes  to  the  understanding  of  the  ways  ergonomic  laptop  supportc  an reduce  fatigue. 

Keyword :

Fatigue, laptop support, ergonomics, -, -,


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