Combined Physiological and Anthropometrical Databases as Ergonomic Tools

Effect of ergonomic design changes in hand tools on physiological cost and subjective ratings.

Users of hand tools expect that tools after ergonomic changes in design will require less muscular activity and cause fewer musculoskeletal disorders than conventional tools. Reports on evaluation of ergonomic design changes in hand tools are controversial. In this study, we measured the effect of changes in tool design with physiological cost of performance and subjective ratings in a simulate...

Physiological state model for human ergonomic workload

Twenty ergonomic tasks were evaluated in which human operators performed mixed static work and dynamic work. Steady-state physiological data are the input into a model as regressor variables, which are then multiplied by the respective regressor coefficients. The resultant physiological state model output is a single response variable that represents the workload. Mixed stepping regression tech...

Relationship between Anthropometrical and Physiological Parameters with Jumping and Throwing Distance of Elite Girls

Background: The relationship between anthropometrical and physiological parameters with jumping and throwing distance is important. We aimed to investigate the relationship between anthropometrical and physiological parameters with jumping and throwing distance of young elite female jumpers and throwers <spa...

Physiological, biomechanical and anthropometrical predictors of sprint swimming performance in adolescent swimmers.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationships between 100-m front crawl swimming performance and relevant biomechanical, anthropometrical and physiological parameters in male adolescent swimmers. Twenty five male swimmers (mean ± SD: age 15. 2 ± 1.9 years; height 1.76 ± 0.09 m; body mass 63.3 ± 10.9 kg) performed an all-out 100-m front crawl swimming test in a 25-m pool. A respirat...

Ergonomic Principles in the Design of Hand Tools