Fundamentals and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics
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Fundamentals and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics

  1. 1,024 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Fundamentals and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics

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Completely revised and updated, taking the scientific rigor to a whole new level, the second edition of the Occupational Ergonomics Handbook is now available in two volumes. This new organization demonstrates the enormous amount of advances that have occurred in the field since the publication of the first edition. The second edition not only provi

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Preface
  3. About the Editors
  4. Contributors
  5. Contents
  6. Chapter 1. A Guide to Certification in Professional Ergonomics
  7. Chapter 2. Magnitude of Occupationally-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders*
  8. Chapter 3. Legal Issues in Occupational Ergonomics
  9. Chapter 4. Cost Justification for Implementing Ergonomics Intervention
  10. Chapter 5. Humans in Work System Environment
  11. Chapter 6. Human Factors and TQM
  12. Chapter 7. User-Centered Design of Information Technology
  13. Chapter 8. Application of Risk Theory in Manā€“Machineā€“Environment Systems
  14. Chapter 9. Engineering Anthropometry
  15. Chapter 10. Human Strength Evaluation
  16. Chapter 11. Biomechanical Basis for Ergonomics
  17. Chapter 12. Fundamentals of Manual Control
  18. Chapter 13. Cumulative Spine Loading
  19. Chapter 14. Low-Level Static Exertions
  20. Chapter 15. Soft-Tissue Pathomechanics
  21. Chapter 16. Mechanisms for Pain and Injury in Musculoskeletal Disorders
  22. Chapter 17. Ergonomics and Aging
  23. Chapter 18. Vision and Work
  24. Chapter 19. Individual Factors and Musculoskeletal Disorders
  25. Chapter 20. Rehabilitating Low Back Disorders
  26. Chapter 21. Human Adaptation in the Workplace
  27. Chapter 22. Rehabilitation Ergonomics
  28. Chapter 23. Visual, Tactile, and Multimodal Information Processing
  29. Chapter 24. Applying Cognitive Psychology to System Development
  30. Chapter 25. The Role Personality in Ergonomics
  31. Chapter 26. Psychosocial Work Factors
  32. Chapter 27. Biomechanical Modeling of the Shoulder
  33. Chapter 28. Application of Ergonomics to the Low Back
  34. Chapter 29. Application of Ergonomics to the Legs
  35. Chapter 30. Application of Ergonomics of the Foot
  36. Chapter 31. Noise in Industry
  37. Chapter 32. Shiftwork
  38. Chapter 33. Vibrometry
  39. Chapter 34. Overview of Ergonomic Assessment
  40. Chapter 35. Low Back Injury Risk Assessment Tools
  41. Chapter 36. Cognitive Task Analysis ā€” A Review
  42. Chapter 37. Subjective Scales of Effort and Workload Assessment
  43. Chapter 38. Rest Allowances*
  44. Chapter 39. Wrist Posture in Office Work
  45. Chapter 40. PLIBEL ā€” A Method Assigned for Identification of Ergonomics Hazards
  46. Chapter 41. The ACGIH TLV for Hand Activity Level
  47. Chapter 42. REBA and RULA: Whole Body and Upper Limb Rapid Assessment Tools
  48. Chapter 43. An Assessment Technique for Postural Loading on the Upper Body (LUBA)
  49. Chapter 44. The Washington State SHARP Approach to Exposure Assessment
  50. Chapter 45. Upper Extremity Analysis of the Wrist
  51. Chapter 46. Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation
  52. Chapter 47. Psychophysical Approach to Task Analysis
  53. Chapter 48. Static Biomechanical Modeling in Manual Lifting
  54. Chapter 49. Industrial Lumbar Motion Monitor
  55. Chapter 50. The ACGIH TLV for Low Back Risk
  56. Index
  57. Back Cover