Hydroponics is a technique of growing plants without soil. Until now, many people do it manually for moisture, content, nutrition, and continuous flow water. The application ergonomics aims to make the user healthy, comfortable, safe, productive. purpose evaluating anthropometry-based ergonomics, testing hydroponic plant watering automation system tool. method used collecting anthropometric dat...

OBJECTIVE Ergonomic assessment and recommendations may help people with arthritis maintain employment; however, most ergonomic tools are designed to assess injury risk in the general population and are not specific to the needs of people with inflammatory arthritis (IA). Our objectives were to design and pilot test an ergonomic assessment tool for people with IA and to propose ergonomic modific...

Associations between self-reported need for aesthetic improvements in the workplace and the need for ergonomic improvement and health factors were investigated to determine the possible impact of aesthetic needs on job performance. The need for aesthetic improvements were compared with the need for ergonomic improvements. All employees at a Swedish broadcasting company were invited to participa...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of a physical training program in combination with ergonomic changes in a group of keyboard operators with nonspecific/type II work-related upper limb disorder (WRULD). DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Hospital department. PARTICIPANTS Pain-free controls (n=6) and currently working patients with WRULD (n=17) were included. INTERVENTIONS Participants wer...

Ergonomic quality is becoming a crucial criterium for the success of many products. The problem of increasing the speed of product development cycles while keeping costs to a minimum could be solved by the possibility of the early evaluation of drafts regarding their ergonomic design. A digital platform is a prerequisite for the analysis of virtual prototypes. The analysis tool ERGONAUT not onl...