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Saturday, January 10, 2009

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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Latest indexed articles for 'Human Engineering'

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• The Ergonomic Assessment Tool for Arthritis: development and pilot testing. 13 Oct 2008
• How long is long enough? Evaluating sampling durations for low back EMG assessment. 29 Sep 2008
• Evaluation of a stair-climbing power wheelchair in 25 people with tetraplegia. 29 Sep 2008
• Technology in healthcare: leveraging new innovations. 30 Aug 2008
• [Veterinary ergonomics: a matter of life style] 30 Aug 2008
• Operator stools: How selection and adjustment impact your health. 30 Aug 2008
• Case study report. Business case for implementing battery-powered tools for direct-bury line workers at an electric power utility. 30 Jul 2008
• The Cochran-Weiss-Shanteau performance index as an indicator of upper limb risk assessment expertise. 30 Jul 2008
• Repetitive stress symptoms in radiology: prevalence and response to ergonomic interventions. 30 Jul 2008
• Ergonomic operating department design. 30 Jul 2008
• [Vision of the future of ergonomics in dentistry] 30 Jul 2008
• A comparison of four office chairs using biomechanical measures. 30 Jul 2008
• Effects of work ability and health promoting interventions for women with musculoskeletal symptoms: a 9-month prospective study. 19 Jul 2008
• Foreword to the special issue on Environmental Ergonomics. 30 Jun 2008
• Effects of the height of ball-backrest on head and shoulder posture and trunk muscle activity in VDT workers. 29 Jun 2008
• The extrinsic risk factors for inpatient falls in hospital patient rooms. 29 Jun 2008
• Work organisation constructs and ergonomic outcomes among European forest machine operators. 29 Jun 2008
• Nurses with disabilities: can changing our educational system keep them in nursing? 29 Jun 2008
• Ergonomics for home care providers. 29 Jun 2008
• [Veterinary ergonomics: a matter of life style] 29 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Human Engineering'

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