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21touch typists
A 2019 laboratory study compared 21 touch typists with 20 non-touch typists during a 240-minute continuous typing task.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Two groups of typists comprising 21 touch typists and 20 non-touch typists performed a continuous typing task for 240 minutes.”
Benefit of touch-typing performance on muscle activity and pain over 4 hours, Thai Journal of Ergonomics, 2019, Methods.
Open the original- What it measures
- All participants were healthy women, and the task measured muscle activity and discomfort.
- What it does not show
- The groups were formed by existing skill, not assigned at random, so the comparison is observational.