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April 13, 2010
A summary of ergonomics in the news, including teens and MSD awareness, brewery ergonomics, Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors, musical instrument ergonomics, and iPad ergonomics, usability, and how it's being compared with the Kindle as an ebook reader.
April 12, 2010
Increased Work Demands Result in Greater Exposure to Ergonomic Risks, But also Increase Productivity
A study of asymptomatic office workers found that employees who subjectively react greater (physiologically, behaviorally, and cognitively) to normal work demands are exposed to, or experience more risk factors than the control group when performing high stress tasks. These workers also exhibited increased work performance.
April 7, 2010
A summary of ergonomics in the news, including observational vs. randomized studies and the scientific foundation for ergonomics, driving while pregnant, new Car Talk (Click and CLack, the Tappet Brothers") and National Safety Council web sites dedicated to driver distraction, a new ISO global anthropometry report.
April 7, 2010
A post-hoc analysis of the 5th Spanish National Survey highlights challenges researchers face when attempting to demonstrate cause-and-effect relationships between work-related risk factors, tasks and injuries. The study found statistically significant relationships between duration of exposure to certain tasks and MSDs, but did it further our understanding, and therefore our ability to intervene?
March 30, 2010
A summary of ergonomics in the news, including Toyota and unintended acceleration; Apple iPad ergonomics; HP hiring ergonomists; canine ergonomics -- the ergonomics of working dogs; the need for ergonomics in laparoscopic surgery; historical keyboard and input/mouse designs.
March 30, 2010
"I'm here to see applied ergonomics -- and applied is the key word -- for both the conference and exhibition -- it's real life ergonomics," according to Martha Parker, one attendee at the Applied Ergonomics Conference last week in San Antonio, Texas, last week. See what others had to say about their experience at the conference (and feel free to add your own thoughts if you attended).
March 29, 2010
A 72% drop in neck/shoulder pain symptoms occurred over a four-week period following the application of ergonomic interventions among a group of 247 Los Angeles sewing machine operators according to a recent prospective University of California study.
March 28, 2010
Ergonomics Concepts Introduction er·go·nom·ics \,ûrg-go-‘näm-iks\ The science of work. Ergonomics removes barriers to quality, productivity and safe human performance by fitting products, tasks, and environments to […]
March 28, 2010
Administrative Control – Procedures and methods, set up by the employer, that significantly reduce exposure to risk factors by altering the way in which work is […]