This paper collects the experience for both, academic and professional practice, and deal with the stages and level of involvement from different elements in the organization. The work is focused in some kind of concentric cycles, the very outside circle is formed by those that interact with ergonomic process in a year period, and the inner cycles are those that acts in a daily or weekly interv...

This paper presents the application of a Fuzzy Axiomatic Design Methodology for Ergonomic Compatibility Evaluation on the selection of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT). A case study on the selection of CNC plastic molding machines for an AMT training center was developed. The purpose of this methodology is to establish a decision aid for decision makers to perform evaluation of AMT in a ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To apply ergonomic task analysis to the performance of ultrasound-guided (US-guided) femoral nerve block (FNB) in an acute hospital setting. DESIGN Pilot prospective observational study. SETTING Orthopedic operating room of a regional trauma hospital. SUBJECTS 15 anesthesiologists of various levels of experience in US-guided FNB (estimated minimum experience < 10 procedure...

Several studies suggest that a major factor causing acute low back pain in nursing staff is the manual handling of disabled patients. In India, especially northern part consists non-metropolitan cities, most hospitals still lack advanced patient methods and techniques. Therefore, it necessary to devise method assessment for testing effectiveness an ergonomic intervention or training safe handli...

Mobile police officers perform many of their daily duties in their vehicles. Combined workspace inflexibility and prolonged driving create potential musculoskeletal injury risks. Limited research exists that quantitatively describes postural and load exposures associated with mobile police work. The purpose of this study was to characterize officer activity during a typical workday and identify...

Researchers of work-related musculoskeletal disorders are increasingly asked about the evidentiary base for mechanical exposure reductions. Mixed messages can arise from the different disciplinary cultures of evidence, and these mixed messages make different sets of findings incommensurate. Interventions also operate at different levels within workplaces and result in different intensities of m...

An intervention study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of an innovative self-modeling photo-training method for reducing musculoskeletal risk among office workers using computers. Sixty workers were randomly assigned to either: 1) a control group; 2) an office training group that received personal, ergonomic training and workstation adjustments or 3) a photo-training group that receiv...