A Toast to Ergonomics! Relieving the Pain of Wine Production
December 14, 2005
Raise your glass to ergonomics research in the heart of the nation’s wine country.

Computer Interfaces of the Future May Spell "GOODBYEQWERTY"
December 7, 2005
Named after the top row of the layout, QWERTY isn’t unassailable. One expert suggests change could sneak up from behind.

Singapore Launches National Ergonomics Standard. An Example to the World
November 30, 2005
The city state off the tip of Malaysia, which is an industrial and economic powerhouse, launched The Code of Practice for Office Ergonomics or Singapore Standard 514 (SS 515) in November and is standing by to reap the benefits in improved productivity and economic growth.

Michigan’s Ergonomics Standard is Progressing, Despite Opposition
November 23, 2005
It’s a brave effort because the state is as politically antagonistic to regulations as the present United States Congress.

Ergonomics Helps Boost Safety for United States Troops
November 16, 2005
Providing soldiers with what they need to perform at peak efficiency is a parallel demand, and there are almost no areas of human factors and ergonomics research untouched by the mission

Investigations Into Deadly BP Refinery Explosion Uncover Repeated Problems
November 9, 2005
The Ergonomics Report™ reviewed several of the interim investigations in November and talked to experts to see if the blame is misplaced.

Ergonomics an Afterthought for Lounge Chair Classics?
November 2, 2005
The icons look as if they were designed today, but some are over 80 years old. And all suit open-plan living, a concept of architectural design that remains as popular today as when Frank Lloyd Wright et al introduced it in the 1920s.

Seating "The Unseatables" – A Look at a Growing Trend
October 26, 2005
The Ergonomics Report™ talked to several manufacturers to see how they meet the challenge of seating "the unseatables" – employees whose size or proportions turn any standard chair into a torment.

Ergonomics & Healthcare – Bringing it Home
October 19, 2005
In the last 30 years the delivery of health care in the United States has increasingly been shifted from hospitals to patients' homes. One of the fastest growing sectors of the health care industry, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ranks home care as the fourth largest growth occupation.

Zen and the Ergonomics of Seating
October 12, 2005
"Ergonomic seating" brings a chair to mind for most people, suggesting ergonomics has bypassed floor sitting. Not so.

Runaway Health Costs May Drive Employers to Wellness Programs
October 5, 2005
What role will ergonomists play in helping to shape these programs?

Fine-tuning the Health of the Workforce - An Ergonomic Quest
September 28, 2005
"Fit for work" is a doctor's assessment that a person has no impediment to work. "Physically fit" is something more.

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September 21, 2005
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Musculoskeletal Disorders - Battling the Big Numbers in the Workplace
September 21, 2005
Three Leading Ergonomists Weigh In on MSD Prevention

Research Into Lower Back Pain and Disability Yields Clues and More Puzzles
September 14, 2005
Backs have been malfunctioning for millennia. A recent papyrus discovery shows that Egyptians puzzled over back pain 3500 years ago. Hippocrates pondered it some 900 years later. And it’s apparent from recent studies that present-day researchers also find the condition perplexing.

Taxing the Back -- A Canadian Spine Study Dissects a Disabling Workplace Problem
September 7, 2005
Tax the back's structure of bones, ligaments, muscles, nerves and tendons too much or once too often in the workplace and pain and damage are inevitable.

Review Suggests Back Pain Takes Back Seat for Many Doctors
August 31, 2005
In August The Ergonomics Report™ set out to discover how doctors in the United States treat work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), and if their prescriptions make any provision for ergonomic intervention. The findings are both bleak and heartening.

The OSHA Ergonomics Standard Revisited
August 24, 2005
Ten years in the making, the Ergonomics Program Standard of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was introduced in 2000. The supporters' triumph was short lived: the Standard was discredited and repealed the following year. From supporters' reactions to some recent OSHA letter writing, it's clear the defeat still rankles.

Rival Ergonomics Seen in the New Adidas Push to Overtake Nike
August 10, 2005
If bold moves can be counted on to win competitions, then Adidas may be within reach of triumphing over market leader Nike.

Cell Phones – Too Small, Too Technical, Too Complicated?
August 3, 2005
This is the second article in a 2-part series on cell phones from The Ergonomics Report™