December 10, 2007
A new voluntary standard to help protect construction workers from musculoskeletal disorders is causing consternation in the building industry. The nearing United States election helps explain why, according to one report.
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December 3, 2007
A recent study in Britain put a figure on the number of patients who suffer harm from their stay in hospital
November 28, 2007
Ergonomic evaluations, health care practitioner advice regarding re-injury prevention, and employer offering/employee accepting workplace accommodations were significant predictors of fewer time-loss days among employees with disabling work-related musculoskeletal disorders according to a 2005 prospective, cohort study involving over 400 workers.
November 26, 2007
The crush of Thanksgiving air travel is a reminder that airlines mislay bags year round and the problem is getting worse. One report over the holidays looks at one airline's search for a cure.
November 19, 2007
A car accident left Eric Ramsey paralyzed and unable to speak. A scientific breakthrough could give him another way to communicate.
November 14, 2007
Peter Budnick will join other renowned speakers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for ICE 2007, and will also serve as Visiting Associate Professor during his stay.
November 13, 2007
Authors Xu, Mirka and Hsiang found surprising results when comparing lifting characteristics between obese, as defined by Body Mass Index (BMI), and non-obese individuals. Do obese people really lift with greater rotational velocity, rotational acceleration, sagittal velocity and sagittal acceleration compared to normal sized individuals, or are the results skewed by the BMI definition?
November 12, 2007
The findings from an Australian study on low back pain could be summed up by the adage,
November 6, 2007
A study performed by Lee, McLoone and Dennerlein, found that computer users often exhibited finger extension postures, including lifting fingers completely off the mouse, when operating a commonly used two-button style mouse.