Table 1 summarizes literature about general workstation design, as well as ergonomic recommendations for equipment placement and usage. The literature reviewed comes from professional nursing ...

The word ergonomics is derived from the Greek words ergon (work) and nomos (law) to mean "the laws of work." Today, ergonomists study the interaction between humans and systems. They consider physical ...

Tens of millions of people work with computers every day. Yet, many employers (or employees) don’t give much thought to how computer stations, desks and associated work are arranged. While there is no ...

Anyone who has spent time on a shop floor knows this: small aches can quickly turn into big problems when the workplace isn’t designed with people in mind. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are ...

Keeping the person on the assembly line as productive as possible through the shift is crucial. Helping to do just that is a new generation of mobile workstations that are enabling both flexible ...

Traditionally, safety professionals have driven ergonomic improvements in an effort to reduce injuries, but all along they have been the wrong people to do this. Improving workplace ergonomics ...

"Productivity gains from rapidly advancing technology come with a greater need to care for the health and wellbeing of workers," commented Cecil Huang, Senior Marketing Manager - APMEA of CBS. "To ...

As COVID-19 spiked around the world in early 2020, companies shifted en masse toward remote work. Many organizations were telling themselves a story that things would revert to normal once the ...

In this interview, Megan Farell, Technical Sales Support Specialist from Olympus talks to AZoM about the role of ergonomics for industrial microscopy. What is ergonomics and what value does it add to ...

Nursing is associated with high rates of musculoskeletal disorders from patient handling, and nurses are at high risk for developing cumulative trauma disorders, which can result from computer usage.