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- Turkey, Adolescent, Humans, Applied Ergonomics
- by Ronald Heus and +1
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- Carbon Dioxide, Adolescent, Humans, Applied Ergonomics
Recent evidence suggests that musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) may be the result of a fatigue failure process in affected tissues. This paper describes a new low back exposure assessment tool (the Lifting Fatigue Failure Tool [LiFFT]),... more
Recent evidence suggests that musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) may be the result of a fatigue failure process in affected tissues. This paper describes a new low back exposure assessment tool (the Lifting Fatigue Failure Tool [LiFFT]), which estimates a "daily dose" of cumulative loading on the low back using fatigue failure principles. Only three variables are necessary to derive the cumulative load associated with a lifting task: the weight of the load, the maximum horizontal distance from the spine to the load, and the number of repetitions for tasks performed during the workday. The new tool was validated using two existing epidemiological databases: the Lumbar Motion Monitor (LMM) database, and a database from a U.S. automotive manufacturer. The LiFFT cumulative damage metric explained 92% of the deviance in low back disorders (LBDs) in the LMM database and 72-95% of the deviance in low back outcomes in the automotive database (depending on the outcome measure). Thus,...
- by David B . Kaber and +1
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- Engineering, Medicine, Automobiles, Humans
Within the IEA (International Ergonomics Association), a working group of the EQUID (Ergonomics QUality In Design) Committee has developed a template document to support a better cooperation between product designers and ergonomists. It... more
Within the IEA (International Ergonomics Association), a working group of the EQUID (Ergonomics QUality In Design) Committee has developed a template document to support a better cooperation between product designers and ergonomists. It is in line with the ISO 9001 standard that deals with quality management for products and services. A rationale for this template is exposed. The IEA initiative, illustrated by this template, is explained. The stages of progress in the making of the template are described. Conditions of use of the template are defined. The core part of the template, the list of requirements, is attached as an annex.
Root cause analysis is perhaps the most widely used tool in healthcare risk management, but does it actually lead to successful risk control? Are there categories of risk control that are more likely to be effective? And do healthcare... more
Root cause analysis is perhaps the most widely used tool in healthcare risk management, but does it actually lead to successful risk control? Are there categories of risk control that are more likely to be effective? And do healthcare risk managers have the tools they need to support the risk control process? This systematic review examines how the healthcare sector translates risk analysis to risk control action plans and examines how to do better. It suggests that the hierarchy of risk controls should inform risk control action planning and that new tools should be developed to improve the risk control process.
- by Xuefang Wu and +1
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- Adolescent, Humans, Applied Ergonomics, Female
- by Monique Berger
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- Humans, Applied Ergonomics, Female, Male
- by G. Scaccianoce and +1
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- Thermodynamics, Statistical Analysis, Italy, Humans
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 40 women weavers of Samarinda sarongs to identify the prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). A Nordic body map, rapid upper limb assessment and anthropometric tools were... more
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 40 women weavers of Samarinda sarongs to identify the prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). A Nordic body map, rapid upper limb assessment and anthropometric tools were used to plot the MSD severity, work posture and anthropometric dimensions of the weavers, respectively. The age, education background, working period and prolonged sitting position distributions of the weavers were collected by direct interview. Pearson’s product-moment correlation was applied to identify correlations between the MSD prevalence and other parameters. An MSD prevalence of 80.5% was found among the women weavers, with the MSDs categorized as low, moderate and high in 15.0, 75.0 and 7.5% of the respondents, respectively. The MSD prevalence was significantly correlated with education background (p = 0.025), working period (p = 0.015), prolonged sitting hours (p = 0.032), work posture (p <0.001) and weavers’ anthropometry (p <0.001).
- by Iwan Muhamad Ramdan and +1
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- Applied Ergonomics
- by Gunnar Andersson
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- Spine, Methods, Paraplegia, Humans
Many charts and graphs do not convey information effectively. This article develops a way of analysing the information in charts and graphs that reveals the design flaws in the display. The analytic scheme requires isolating four types of... more
Many charts and graphs do not convey information effectively. This article develops a way of analysing the information in charts and graphs that reveals the design flaws in the display. The analytic scheme requires isolating four types of constituents in a display, and specifying their structure and interrelations at a syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic level of analysis. As the description is constructed, one checks for violations of ‘acceptability principles’, which are derived from facts about human visual information processing and from an analysis of the nature of symbols. Violations of these principles reveal the source of potential difficulties in using a display.
- by Allan Toomingas and +1
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- Occupational Health, Nonparametric Statistics, Sweden, Workplace
According to Norway's Internal Control Regulation, all companies are required to have an occupational health and safety (H&S) management system. This study investigated the effects of implementing or improving occupational H&S... more
According to Norway's Internal Control Regulation, all companies are required to have an occupational health and safety (H&S) management system. This study investigated the effects of implementing or improving occupational H&S management on the work environment, H&S-related ...
Although EEG experiments over the past decades have shown numerous applications for brain-computer interfacing (BCI), there is a need for user-friendly BCI devices that can be used in real-world situations. 3D anthropometry and... more
Although EEG experiments over the past decades have shown numerous applications for brain-computer interfacing (BCI), there is a need for user-friendly BCI devices that can be used in real-world situations. 3D anthropometry and statistical shape modeling have been shown to improve the fit of devices such as helmets and respirators, and thus they might also be suitable to design BCI headgear that better fits the size and shape variation of the human head. In this paper, a new design method for BCI devices is proposed and evaluated. A one-size-fits-all BCI headset frame is designed on the basis of three digital mannequins derived from a shape model of the human head. To verify the design, the geometric fit, stability and repeatability of the prototype were compared to an EEG cap and a commercial BCI headset in a preliminary experiment. Most design specifications were met, and all the results were found to be similar to those of the commercial headset. Therefore, the suggested design method is a feasible alternative to traditional anthropometric design for BCI headsets and similar headgear.