UNLABELLED The present paper is a commentary on the recently published IEA strategy for human factors/ergonomics (Dul, J., et al. (2012), A strategy for human factors/ergonomics: developing the discipline and profession. Ergonomics, 55(4), 377-395). Two main issues that demand attention are: (i) the way others understand our profession and discipline, and (ii) the way we understand our professi...

Industry-specific ergonomics guidelines are an important component in the four-pronged approach to workplace ergonomics currently pursued by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The American Furniture Manufacturers Association has taken the initiative of developing such a guideline for its members. The result of this effort is the "AFMA Voluntary Ergonomics Guideline...

This paper focuses on the ergonomics evaluation of Medical Tablet Personal Computers (MTPCs). The research questions for the study were “What are the key ergonomics issues in the safe and effective use of a Medical Tablet PC” and “How can we evaluate new Medical Tablet PC concepts in the early stages of the design process”. The aims of the study were to develop an ergonomics checklist for the e...

This book is about a particular solution to the problem of how to design usable computer systems. Apart from this chapter, it may be read as a short history of the research efforts with respect to ETAG, which is the main subject of the book as well as the tool that is proposed to help create usable computer systems. Since answers are meaningless without the questions they address, this chapter ...

Being ergonomics a scientific discipline based on knowledge of several areas, it is important to use education methodologies that promote critical thinking and reflective during the educational process. The article discusses the importance of interdisciplinarity in undergraduate courses in health care in particular in disciplines that address the ergonomics issue. The aspects of the introductio...

A national survey to investigate the use of computers by primary school children in the Republic of Ireland was carried out by postal questionnaire. Teacher education on computer related ergonomics was also investigated. Questionnaires (n=1863) were returned from 416 of the 830 schools included in the study. Almost all schools (99.7%) had computers for children’s use. The majority (89.6%) of te...

In 2005, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Badger Mining Corporation entered a partnership to implement ergonomics interventions, including a systematic process, to address exposure to risk factors that may result in musculoskeletal disorders or other types of injuries/illnesses. As a result of this partnership, an ergonomics process was integrated with the e...

With the continuous development of economy and science, medical instrument entered the digital and informational age. Conflicts between the urgent requirement and severe lack for ergonomics in the industrial design of medical instrument products became increasingly fierce. In the present paper, we attempted to use the research achievements in the area such as product form design theory, ergonom...

An office ergonomics intervention incorporating a macroergonomics design approach was conducted to investigate the effects of a flexible workspace design and ergonomics training on musculoskeletal health, psychosocial environment and performance in a computer-based office setting. This longitudinal, field intervention study included three data collection periods (one preand two post-interventio...