Creating a good ergonomic working arrangement is vital to protecting your health and improving your quality of life at work. To aid users in this effort, the Cornell Human Factors and Ergonomics ...

Use these tips from Michigan Tech faculty and staff to be more physically comfortable and safer while learning, working and staying healthy at home. For many, the biggest challenge with remote work ...

A relatively recent shift from manual labor to office-type work has resulted in a large chunk of today's workforce spending eight hours or more sitting at a desk or workstation. The general health and ...

A safe and healthy work environment is a productive work environment. All enterprises, regardless of their size or the nature of their business, should strive to create an ergonomically sound ...

Exercise, not ergonomics or other "conservative" methods such as physiotherapy, is the most effective strategy for treating work-related complaints of the upper body, according to studies performed in ...

Ergonomics is the adaptation of equipment, procedures, and surroundings to best fit the people who use them. The fundamental purpose of ergonomics is to create a safe, comfortable, and stress-free ...

Musculoskeletal health has become a growing concern in today's modern workplace, where most professionals spend long hours sitting at computers or doing the same thing over and over. Work-related ...

In simple terms, ergonomics means fitting your workstation to your needs, not trying to fit yourself into a one-size-fits-all workplace. If you have a poor ergonomic set-up in your work area – whether ...

Table 1 summarizes literature about general workstation design, as well as ergonomic recommendations for equipment placement and usage. The literature reviewed comes from professional nursing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The three repetitive strain injury syndromes that shorten ophthalmic surgeon careers are cervical spine disorder ...