A company's bottom line can be optimized, according to the authors, by appreciating the full cost of health conditions and including health enhancement interventions aimed at reducing absenteeism/presenteeism.

Researchers developed a quantifiable evaluation of workplace mental workload, called "mental workload index", or MWLI. The authors suggest that MWLI measures overall workplace mental workload, as opposed to subjective impression of mental workload felt by an individual worker, and that MWLI can assist management in evaluating work volume/nature in order to properly allocate resources.

Each method was applied to a repetitive, multi-height lifting task, producing mixed consistency in predicting the level of task musculoskeletal exposure risk. The variation in results reflects the strengths, limitations and underlying assumptions of each tool.

Researchers measure short-term response to changes in placement of computer keyboards.

Variations seen in measurements of lumbar cumulative load limit represent limits to the application of the results.

Multiyear review of carpal tunnel treatments shows options are limited and some lead to better results.

Microsoft released a new version of its iconic ergonomic keyboard in 2006. It was not developed overnight.

It's been 11 years and the national software user interface standard is still under construction. It's being built very carefully.

An Illinois professor believes that thinking like a machine could be an answer to mastering automation.