Ergonomics

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A lift assist team in an acute care hospital-prevention of injury or transfer of risk during patient-handling tasks? 
  • A new robot for flexible ureteroscopy: development and early clinical results (IDEAL stage 1-2b). 
  • A user-centered framework for redesigning health care interfaces. 
  • Accelerometer data reduction: a comparison of four reduction algorithms on select outcome variables. 
  • Adjustable task lighting: Field study assesses the benefits in an office environment. 
  • An assessment of occupational safety and health hazards in selected small businesses manufacturing wood pallets--part 1. Noise and physical hazards. 
  • Boredom in the Workplace: A New Look at an Old Problem. 
  • Chemical safety in animal care, use, and research. 
  • Disabling back injuries in nursing personnel. 
  • Do ergonomics improvements increase computer workers' productivity?: an intervention study in a call centre. 
  • Effects of a split keyboard design and wrist rest on performance, posture, and comfort. 
  • Effects of single versus multiple warnings on driver performance. 
  • Ergonomic risk factors for low back pain in North Carolina crab pot and gill net commercial fishermen. 
  • Ergonomics in the electronic library. 
  • Evaluating ergonomic stresses in North Carolina commercial crab pot and gill net fishermen. 
  • Evaluation of work station design factors in VDT operations. 
  • Increasing productivity and reducing errors through usability analysis: a case study and recommendations. 
  • Lessons Learned From Google Glass: Telemedical Spark or Unfulfilled Promise? 
  • Leveraging Health Care Simulation Technology for Human Factors Research: Closing the Gap Between Lab and Bedside. 
  • Macroergonomics and total quality management: how to improve quality of working life? 
  • Occupational stress in human computer interaction. 
  • Physical strain and urgent need for ergonomic training among gynecologic oncologists who perform minimally invasive surgery. 
  • Preliminary study of ergonomic behavior during simulated ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia using a head-mounted display. 
  • The effectiveness of a model-based health education intervention to improve ergonomic posture in office computer workers: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • The influence of seatback characteristics on cervical injury risk in severe rear impacts. 
  • The use of high-fidelity human patient simulation as an evaluative tool in the development of clinical research protocols and procedures. 
  • University students' notebook computer use. 
  • Using qualitative studies to improve the usability of an EMR. 
  • Video-assisted palatopharyngeal surgery: a model for improved education and training. 
  • Work organization and ergonomics. 
  • Work organization, job stress, and work-related musculoskeletal disorders. 
  • Work system design for patient safety: the SEIPS model. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Taekman, Jeffrey Marc, Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology