STUDY OBJECTIVE To apply ergonomic task analysis to the performance of ultrasound-guided (US-guided) femoral nerve block (FNB) in an acute hospital setting. DESIGN Pilot prospective observational study. SETTING Orthopedic operating room of a regional trauma hospital. SUBJECTS 15 anesthesiologists of various levels of experience in US-guided FNB (estimated minimum experience < 10 procedure...

BACKGROUND Work-related shoulder pain is a common problem. Ergonomic factors in the workplace are thought to be important but a number of other factors have also been associated with shoulder pain. AIMS To identify risk factors for work-related shoulder pain in Alberta, focusing particularly on ergonomic risk factors. METHODS A case referent design was used to compare individuals who made a...

BACKGROUND Ergonomic factors predispose nurses to low back pain (LBP). Few studies have clarified the role of workplace violence in LBP occurrence. OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to investigate acute and chronic LBP in Iranian nurses and its association with exposure to physical violence as well as its personal and ergonomic risk factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this analytic cr...

background: nowadays, the health work decision makers need to analyze a huge amount of data and consider many conflicting evaluation criteria and sub-criteria. therefore, an ergonomic evaluation in the work environment in order to the control occupational disorders is considered as the multi criteria decision making (mcdm) problem. in this study, the ergonomic risks factors, which may influence...

BACKGROUND Early intervention educators who serve children with special needs often suffer from physical strains. The objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in this population, and to evaluate the relationship between work-related musculoskeletal disorders and personal/ergonomic risk factors. METHODS A self-designed questionnaire ...

Difficulty with handwriting is one of the most frequent reasons that children in the public schools are referred to occupational therapy. Current research on the influence of ergonomic factors, such as pencil grip and pressure, and perceptual-motor factors traditionally believed to affect handwriting, is reviewed. Factors such as visual perception show little relationship to handwriting, wherea...

Educational ergonomics is defined as that field of human factors/ergonomic science concerned with the interaction of educational performance and educational design. The premise of educational ergonomics is that student performance to a substantial degree is context specific---specialized in relation to specific design factors---and that ergonomic interventions directed at design improvements th...

results the total art score was equal to 30.07 ± 12.43. data analysis from art illustrated that 74.6% of 240 cases were in high and 13.8% were in medium level of risk. art-electre results revealed that grading and pars naghsh halls were in the best and decoration hall was in the worst ergonomic conditions and should be placed in the top priority of action level. background in this paper, the er...