Ergonomics and rehabilitation
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Occupational therapists' critical value in work rehabilitation and ergonomics.
Work Rehabilitation and Ergonomics, proactive and reactive, are practices that touch the lives of most employees and employers. Effective, evidence-based services are essential to successful outcomes. With the average age of most workforces now in the mid 40’s, the complications of personal medical conditions affect worker production quality, quantity and job satisfaction. The aging of the “bab...
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Humans have a natural desire to participate in meaningful and productive activities. Success in those activities is a critically important contributor to the human sense of self worth, competence, and the ability to financially survive through the benefits of gainful employment. Furthermore, working has a positive correlation with mental health, and incorporates the capacities of the individual...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese journal of ergonomics
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0549-4974,1884-2844
DOI: 10.5100/jje.13.196