The occupational ergonomics handbook. Fundamentals and assessment tools for occupational ergonomics / (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Fundamentals and assessment tools for occupational ergonomics
• Further Information: Note: Edited by William S. Marras, Waldemar Karwowski.
• Other Names: Marras, William S (William Steven), 1952-; Karwowski, Waldemar, 1953-
• Contents: A guide to certification in professional ergonomics -- Magnitude of occupationally-related musculoskeletal disorders -- Legal issues in occupational ergonomics -- Cost justification for implementing ergonomics intervention -- Humans in work system environment -- Human factors and TQM -- User-centered design of information technology -- Application of risk theory in man-machine-environment systems -- Engineering anthropometry -- Human strength evaluation -- Biomechanical basis for ergonomics -- Fundamentals of manual control -- Cumulative spine loading -- Low-level static exertions -- Soft-tissue pathomechanics -- Mechanisms for pain and injury in musculoskeletal disorders -- Ergonomics and aging -- Vision and work -- Individual factors and musculoskeletal disorders -- Rehabilitating low back disorders -- Human adaptation in the workplace -- Rehabilitation ergonomics -- Visual, tactile, and multimodal information processing -- Applying cognitive psychology to system development -- The role personality in ergonomics -- Psychosocial work factors -- Biomechanical modeling of the shoulder -- Application of ergonomics to the low back -- Application of ergonomics to the legs -- Application of ergonomics of the foot -- Noise in industry -- Shiftwork -- Vibrometry -- Overview of ergonomic assessment -- Low back injury risk assessment tools -- Cognitive task analysis, a review -- Subjective scales of effort and workload assessment -- Rest allowances -- Wrist posture in office work -- PLIBEL, a method assigned for identification of ergonomics hazards -- The ACGIH TLV for hand activity level -- REBA and RULA : whole body and upper limb rapid assessment tools -- An assessment technique for postural loading on the upper body (LUBA) -- The Washington State SHARP approach to exposure assessment -- Upper extremity analysis of the wrist -- Revised NIOSH lifting equation -- Psychophysical approach to task analysis -- Static biomechanical modeling in manual lifting -- Industrial lumbar motion monitor -- The ACGIH TLV for low back risk.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)), illustrations
• Subjects: 620.8/2; Human engineering -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Industrial hygiene -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Design -- General; Human engineering; Industrial hygiene; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420003631; 9781420003635
• Related ISBNs: 0849319374; 9780849319372; 0849319390; 9780849319396
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.