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machines and airplane tickets. Discomfort is a predictor of musculoskeletal injuries
and should be reduced in situations that consume a significant part of our time.
However, there is no such thing as a general notion of comfort or…

Driving is a complex, multitask activity. Despite this, it is not unusual to see drivers
engage simultaneously in other nondriving tasks. The potential consequences of
doing so were borne out in a landmark incident that occurred on the morning of…

Rehabilitation ergonomics is a young discipline. First proposed in 1979 informally
in the literature, rehabilitation ergonomics needs to grow signifi cantly. While the
principles of rehabilitation ergonomics may remain stable, undergoing little…

This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reprinted material is quoted with
permission, and sources are indicated. A wide variety of references are listed. Reasonable efforts have been made to…

Many of our oldest and wisest sayings deal with the eyes. That’s probably
because vision is our primary connection with the world. We use our eyes
to interact with our environment in more than a million ways every second.
The eyes really are an…

This chapter defi nes ergonomics and provides
brief histories of the fi elds of occupational
therapy (OT), physical therapy, and ergonomics.
It also describes the relationships between therapists and ergonomists in three areas of practice:…

Ever since machinery was first developed to help man with his labours a
heavy price in injuries and damage has been paid for the convenience. In
the early days of the Industrial Revolution when labour was cheap, little
regard was paid to the pain…

Accidents occur, like encounters with fairies or werewolfs, to the weary traveller, but accidents or encounters with fairies or werewolves, are random events. The behaviour of the traveller,
and his mental state, are factors that influence the…

Human factors/ergonomics is defined as the systematic process of
designing for human use through the application of our knowledge of
human beings to the equipment they use, the environments in which they
operate, the tasks they perform, and the…