Purpose: In the present era, Low Back Pain (LBP) is a destructive health problem. It affects many people and accounts for huge economic loss. Office workers have a unique lifestyle while working in sedentary position with poor body posture for long periods of time. The musculoskeletal problems can result in inconvenience or pain with bad impact on the quality of life. Methods: This cross-secti...

Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are the most important problems in the health workforce. These discomforts cause many working days losses, increase absenteeism from work, and impose annual economic costs. Awkward posture is the most important factor among the risk factors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders. This study aimed at implementing an interventional ergonomic ...

Abstract This study aims to analyse the work body postures, determine risk level before and after improvement using Workplace Ergonomic Risk Assessment (WERA) improve workstation by designing ergonomic production tools. An empirical was carried out at a small industry producing Sumedang Tofu Rimbo Panjang, Pekanbaru, Indonesia. The workers must bend their move 77 kg soybeans with an 11 single-l...

At present, it is unclear how ergonomic factors of underwear affect men’s work, lifestyle, physiology and psychology, whether the demand some special groups will development underwear. This study analyzed preferences male working in Chinese European universities from perspective ergonomics. The survey results confirm that significantly preference for underwear, including subjective style object...

The effects of a portable back support, the Back-Up, were tested in 28 variables. Both subjective and objective physical load measures were recorded during sitting with and without Back-Up, most of them during VDU work. The main result was that the posture of the upper back and neck/head was improved by the Back-Up. However, the knee straps induced unacceptable high pressure and increased signi...

Background & Aims of the Study: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are one of the important occupational health issues. Prevention of these discomforts requires posture assessment at work stations using ergonomic job analysis methods. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the work stations and perform corrective actions in one of the central steel industries of Iran to decrease the frequ...

The aim of this study was to describe personal assistants’ risks for harmful effects in client transfer situations at work. Observation and assessment of their working postures in transfer situations were performed by the Swedish ergonomic regulations concerning “red flags” (AFS 1998:1), by video recordings and by biomechanical analysis. The results showed that among eight home care assistants,...