Background & Aims of the Study: Worker’s behaviors, uncontrolled job stress, psycho- social factors and non-ergonomic principles, lead to risk of musculoskeletal disorders. This rsearch was done conducted to analyze relationship these factors in an auto-parts production company in Qom province, Iran in 2015. Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional one condu...

  Background & objectives: In recent years, the rapid growth of technology and the use of computers have affected almost all office work stations. Musculoskeletal disorders are very common among administrative staff. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the ergonomic status and prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in office staff affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Scienc...

İş ortamının ergonomik açıdan yetersiz olmasının sonucu olarak, çalışanların kas iskelet sistemi rahatsızlıklarına yakalanma olasılığı artmaktadır. Kas rahatsızlıkları meslek hastalıklarının önemli bir bölümünü oluşturur. defa ortaya çıktıktan sonra tedavisi oldukça zaman alıcı ve masraflıdır; ayrıca çalışanın devamsızlığına yol açar. Dolayısıyla, işletmelerin insan kaynağını verimli şekilde ku...

Behaviour patterns specific to children pose them at greater risk of environmental hazards than adults. Ergonomics is the science of matching human interaction with the proximate environment. Conventionally ergonomic principles were applied on adult work places to ensure safety of the working environment. With emerging scientific evidence, school environments are being a focus to apply ergonomi...

BACKGROUND Our aim was to identify gaps and limitations in the current literature and to make recommendations for future research required to address these. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed occupational exposures and related factors associated with the risk of prostate cancer between 2000 and 2012. These included chemical, ergonomic, physical or environmental, and psychosocial factors which ...

background: work-related musculoskeletal disorders (wmsds) are the most common occupational injuries in dentists. these disorders occur due to the specific characteristics of dentistry occupation such as the use of tools and instruments and awkward posture. the present study aimed at evaluating the effect of multifaceted ergonomic program on reducing musculoskeletal disorders in dentists.   met...