The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published a new Technical Specification (TS), ISO/TS 20646-1 "Ergonomic procedures for the improvement of local muscular workloads (LMWL)--Part 1: Guidelines for reducing local muscular workloads" in 2004. However, little is known about whether the ISO/TS is really effective in taking action to improve the work conditions in real workplac...

Human figure models are commonly used to facilitate ergonomic assessments of vehicle driver stations and other workplaces. One routine method of workstation assessment is to conduct a suite of ergonomic analyses using a family of boundary manikins, chosen to represent a range of anthropometric extremes on several dimensions. The suitability of the resulting analysis depends both on the methods ...

This paper presents a formal framework for the development of interactive software that bridges the gap between ergonomic knowledge and software design. It builds upon previous work on formal notations and proposes an integrated development process from requirements to model-based execution. It also embeds ergonomic knowledge in requirements, and proposes a way to formally represent them and to...

The paper describes the application of a simulation based ergonomic evaluation. Within a pilot project, the algorithms of the screening method of the European Assembly Worksheet were transferred into an existing digital human model. Movement data was recorded with an especially developed hybrid Motion Capturing system. A prototype of the system was built and is currently being tested at the Vol...

The goal of this study was to comprehensively identify ergonomic constraints among nursing workers in two public hospitals in Brazil. We used a qualitative research design and conducted interviews, field observation and performed a subjective questionnaire with nurses of emergency care sectors. The Cronbach α technique was used to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire. Based o...

Ergonomic vs. Ergonomics: acknowledging the etymology Neil Mansfield, Roger Haslam, Mark Young, Sue Hignett, Richard So, Thurman Lockhart, Stephen Bao, Neville Stanton & Wen-Ruey Chang To cite this article: Neil Mansfield, Roger Haslam, Mark Young, Sue Hignett, Richard So, Thurman Lockhart, Stephen Bao, Neville Stanton & Wen-Ruey Chang (2013) Ergonomic vs. Ergonomics: acknowledging the etymolog...

This paper reports on the work that has been done by the teams above within the EvalWeb project. The work presented here describes how ergonomic rules, that are valid for the design of graphical user interfaces, should be refined and extended in order to be suitable for the ergonomic design and evaluation of web sites. To this end a distinction is made between web user interfaces and classical ...

Efficient throughput—difficult to achieve, yet essential to long-term financial success— is a Holy Grail for OR nurse leaders, who spend much time and energy seeking it. Given all the demands of their role, how can leaders best use their time to gain the most benefit from throughput initiatives? One method is to focus on communication—the underlying component of any successful throughput effort...

The humble checklist, while no one would deny its utility in evaluation and elsewhere, is usually thought to fall somewhat below the entry level of what we call a methodology, let alone a theory. But many checklists used in evaluation incorporate a quite complex theory, or at least a set of assumptions, which we are well advised to uncover; and the process of validating an evaluative checklist ...

background prevalence of low back pain (lbp) and neck pain (np) in workers, especially in nurses is high, but their knowledge of ergonomics is not enough. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of ergonomic training on low back pain and neck pain, posture, and function in female hospital personnel of najaf-abad, iran. patients and methods in this queasy experimental study, ...