After years of standing back from it, Washington is about to take on the nation's distracted driving habit. It could be a tough one to break.

Finnish study finds workers with diagnosed upper extremity disorders lose one-third of their normal work productivity

Color-coded systems are proving to be tricky, but not necessarily because of the colors or the code.

When is (1+1) > 2? A recent Canadian study reveals an interactive affect of two risk factors among computer workers.

A state of Washington study reveals both a positive and negative finding relative to the cost of occupational back injury/disorders among union carpenters.

The news headlines can be read as a map of the journey of the profession through a host of emerging fields, and as a guide to ways the ergonomist message can find high places in the future.

A Northwestern University study indicates that an "off-Loading sitting posture" may reduce sitting related low back pain.

Professor Alan Hedge refers to the Cornell University ergonomics website as a "dinosaur" because it was the first of its kind. The evolutionary process keeps it up to the moment.

A recent State of Washington study points to frequency and duration of forceful exertions to be among the greatest risk factors for lateral epicondylitis