
Ergonomics
Foundational Principles, Applications, and Technologies, Second Edition
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This newly updated edition presents a global perspective on ergonomics, addressing its application across occupational, recreational, design, and technological environments. This comprehensive textbook reflects the technological advancements that have reshaped the field, offering revised chapters, the integration of previously separate topics, and the addition of two entirely new chapters. With an emphasis on cultural sensitivity and inclusive representation, the book takes a modern approach to ergonomics with diversity at the heart of it.
Readers will find a complete and ready-to-use resource ideal for both instruction and independent study. The book features real-world examples, case studies, and innovative applications that help bridge theory and practice. Students and professionals will benefit from enhanced accessibility to global perspectives, a wide range of ergonomics software, and detailed guides for research and project development. It presents readers with the tools to understand, teach, and apply ergonomic principles effectively in both academic and practical settings.
Ergonomics, Second Edition is designed for a broad audience including researchers and students in human factors, industrial and organizational psychology, sociology, biomechanics, medicine, and design disciplines. It is also an essential resource for human resource professionals, industrial engineers, ergonomists, psychologists, HCI specialists, educators, and architects.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- About the Author
- Chapter 1 Foundational Ergonomics
- Chapter 2 Systems of the Human Body
- Chapter 3 Senses of the Human Body and Measurement of Environmental Factors
- Chapter 4 Muscular Work and Nervous Control of Movements
- Chapter 5 Anthropometry
- Chapter 6 Design of Workplaces and Hand Tools
- Chapter 7 Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Chapter 8 Heavy Work and Evaluating Physical Work Loads & Lifting
- Chapter 9 Information Ergonomics, Cognition, Controls, and Displays References
- Chapter 10 Product Liability, Warning Labels, and Instruction Design
- Index