This paper highlights experiences from ergonomics projects, applying an interactive research approach. The aim of this paper is to summarise experiences from seven interactive ergonomics projects with the aim to improve ergonomics and organizational performance jointly. Results from these seven projects were analysed with a model for assessing sustainable change, including the factors active ow...

Background Occupational back pain exacts a toll on society with concomitant economic losses; it is imperative to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of interventions to reduce the relevant ergonomic stressors at work. This study estimates and evaluates the average and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (CERs) of specific interventions for the prevention of occupationally induced back pain for th...

Objectives: To demonstrate that robotic surgery benefits the ergonomics of surgeon and his assistant compared to conventional laparoscopy through an satisfaction survey. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study consecutive gynecological surgeries, which involve at least one hysterectomy, performed with assistance (Da Vinci System) or Hospital Clínico San Carlos during years 2008 2021. A que...

OBJECTIVE This article places the 50th anniversary edition of the Human Factors journal in a historical context. BACKGROUND It is appropriate to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of Human Factors and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, but in so doing, we celebrate only the recent history of ergonomics. METHOD By digging into the history of ergonomics, we can better under...

In this paper ergonomics is defined as a discipline in its own right, as the theoretical and fundamental understanding of human behaviour and performance in purposeful interacting socio-technical systems, and the application of that understanding to design of interactions in the context of real settings. This definition is justified in the financial, technicat, legal, organisational, social, po...

This paper examines the process of implementation of work-place ergonomics within thirteen plants of the largest division of an automobile manufacturing firm. The process began as plants reacted with varying degrees of conformance to institutional pressures to utilize ergonomics in job design. While all thirteen plants to some degree “adopted” an ergonomics program, varied conformity reactions ...

background/objective: musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are one of the most common causes of occupational injuries. this study was conducted with the objectives of determination of prevalence rate of msds and ergonomics assessment of the risk of msds among workers of a petrochemical company. methods: in this study, 261randomly selected workers in a petrochemical company with at least one year of...

The premise for this project is to implement an ergonomics program for the welding department of a car assembly company, considering that this area represents the highest occupational risk in relation to musculoskeletal injuries. The project also allows the demonstration of the different implementation processes of an ergonomics program; it also permits the determination of individual risks fac...

We discuss selected highlights of future human performance enhancement and their potential impact as for example envisioned by authors of Science Fiction and Fantasy literature, coming into reach of man now. With reference to a new taxonomy of ergonomics as introduced by Kenneth R. Boff, we discern “technointegration” and “stimulated bioenhancement” and allocate these to the realms of neural re...

As a marked increase in the number of musculoskeletal disorders was noted in many industrialized countries and more specifically in companies that require the use of hand tools, the French National Research and Safety Institute launched in 1999 a research program on the topic of integrating ergonomics into hand tool design. After a brief review of the problems of integrating ergonomics at the d...