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Definition of 'Human Engineering'

The science of designing, building or equipping mechanical devices or artificial environments to the anthropometric, physiological, or psychological requirements of the people who will use them.

Common names: Human Engineering; Engineering, Human; Engineering Psychology; Psychology, Engineering; Ergonomics

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The Ergonomic Assessment Tool for Arthritis: development and pilot testing.

13 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: Ergonomic assessment and recommendations may help people with arthritis maintain employment; however, most ergonomic tools are designed to assess injury risk in the general population and are not specific to the needs of people with ... Read more...


How long is long enough? Evaluating sampling durations for low back EMG assessment.

29 Sep 2008 Few ergonomic measurement tools explicitly state when and how to sample exposures. Traditional ergonomic sampling has used short, task-based or worst-case measurements, but these may misrepresent exposures, since they neglect the temporal ... Read more...


Evaluation of a stair-climbing power wheelchair in 25 people with tetraplegia.

29 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of a power wheelchair with stair-climbing capability (TopChair) and a conventional power wheelchair (Storm3). DESIGN: A single-center, open-label study. SETTING: A physical medicine and rehabilitation hospital. ... Read more...

 

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Definition: The science of designing, building or equipping mechanical devices or artificial environments to the anthropometric, physiological, or psychological requirements of the people who will use them.

Descriptor UI: D006804

Alternative terms: Human Engineering; Engineering, Human; Engineering Psychology; Psychology, Engineering; Ergonomics;

Related Mesh Headings: Psychology, Industrial;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; standards; statistics & numerical data; ethics; psychology;

Tree Number: F02.784.412; J01.293.556;

Online Note: use HUMAN ENGINEERING to search ENGINEERING PSYCHOLOGY 1969-78

History Note: ENGINEERING PSYCHOLOGY was see under HUMAN ENGINEERING 1969-78

Technical Notes: "medical ergonomics": index here but do not coord with MEDICINE

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