Contemporary ergonomics 1998 : proceedings of the annual conference of the Ergonomics Society Royal Agricultural College Cirencester 13 April 1998 /

This series provides a fast track for publication of suitable papers from international contributors. The papers are chosen on the basis of abstracts submitted to a selection pannel in the autumn prior to the conference.IN addition to mainstream ergonomists and human factor specialists, contemporary...

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Main Author: Hanson, Margaret
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Hanson, M. A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London ; Bristol, PA : Taylor & Francis, c1998.
Series:Contemporary Ergonomics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Ergonomics standards; the good, the bad and the ugly; International standardisation of graphical symbols for consumer products; The UK human factors defence standard: past, present and future; The role of physical aspects; The combined effects of physical and psychosocial work factors; The role of psychosocial factors; Interpreting the extent of musculoskeletal complaints; People in pain; Prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace; a strategy for UK research; A musculoskeletal risk screening tool for automotive line managers
  • Risk assessment design for musculoskeletal disorders in healthcare professionalsErgonomic microscopes; solutions for the cyto-screener?; Musculoskeletal discomfort from dancing in nightclubs; Is the ergonomic approach advocated in the Manual Handling Regulations being adopted?; Control of manual handling risks within a soft drinks distribution centre; Training and patient-handling: an investigation of transfer; Risk management in manual handling for community nurses; Children's natural lifting patterns: an observational study; Manual handling and lifting during the later stages of pregnancy
  • Posture analysis and manual handling in nursery professionalsCan orthotics play a beneficial role during loaded and unloaded walking?; Investigation of spinal curvature while changing one's posture during sitting; The effect of load size and form on trunk asymmetry while lifting; The effect of vertical visual target location on head and neck posture; Is a prescription of physical changes sufficient to eliminate health and safety problems in computerised offices?; An evaluation of a trackball as an ergonomic intervention
  • Old methods, new chairs. Evaluating six of the latest ergonomic chairs for the modern officeDevelopment of a questionnaire to measure attitudes towards virtual reality; Orientation of blind users on the World Wide Web; ~Flash, splash and crash~: Human factors and the implementation of innovative Web technologies; Determining ergonomic factors in stress from work demands of nurses; A risk assessment and control cycle approach to managing workplace stress; Teleworking: Assessing the risks; Evaluating teleworking; case study
  • Team organisational mental models: an integrative framework for researchThe impact of ITT on virtual team working in the European automotive industry; The effect of communication processes upon workers and job efficiency; A case study of job design in a steel plant; The effects of age and habitual physical activity on the adjustment to nocturnal shiftwork; Job design for university technicians: work activity and allocation of function; Allocation of functions and manufacturing job design based on knowledge requirements; The need to specify cognition within system requirements