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November 7, 2005
November 4, 2005
Some lounge chair classics are as stunning now as when they were designed. They were explorations in form, composition and, to varying degrees, applications of innovative thinking about manufacturing technologies. But what about ergonomics?
October 31, 2005
From an ergonomics point of view, everything was wrong with the force, posture and repetition associated with 28-year-old Elizabeth King
October 28, 2005
October 26, 2005
The Ergonomics Report™ talked to several manufacturers to see how they meet the challenge of seating "the unseatables" – employees whose size or proportions turn any standard chair into a torment.
October 26, 2005
It's a truism of ergonomics - a comfortable, well-fitted office chair enhances employee productivity and safety - and top seating manufacturers have embraced it.
October 24, 2005
It afflicts road warriors and others who overuse their Blackberry – or any of the other handheld devices with a miniature keyboard designed for thumb tapping.
October 21, 2005
In October Washington Post reporter Robin Wright blamed the ergonomics of the armrests on her new office chair, in part, for an "enduring medical misadventure." The blame is misplaced.
October 19, 2005
In the last 30 years the delivery of health care in the United States has increasingly been shifted from hospitals to patients' homes. One of the fastest growing sectors of the health care industry, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ranks home care as the fourth largest growth occupation.