INTRO TO ERGONOMICS: TOPIC REVIEWS PART 1

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INTRODUCTION TO ERGONOMICS
TOPIC REVIEWS (TOPIC 1 - TOPIC 5)

• People and their responsibilities

• ​Risk factors: Job, human, and environment

​Concept and principles

• "law of work" vs "science of work"

• "FITTING THE JOB/MACHINE to the worker"

Definition

TOPIC 1: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

Open Ended

In your opinion, what does "law of work" means?

• Types of MSD

• ​Names of MSD and their symptoms

• Ergonomic Risk Control

​Musculoskeletal Disorders

• Definition

• Smooth muscle vs cardiac muscle vs skeletal muscle

• Tendon vs ligament

​Human Musculoskeletal System

TOPIC 2: ERGONOMIC AILMENT AND THEIR CAUSES

Multiple Choice

Which nerve is affected in the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

• Ulnar nerve

• Sciatica nerve

• Median nerve

• Hypothenar eminence

• Sir Isaac Newton's Law of Motion

• ​Stability, maximum effort, linear motion, and angular motion

​Principles

• "Bio" and "mechanics"

• Definition of injury in biomechanics

​Definition

TOPIC 3: BIOMECHANICS

Draw

Draw and label the direction of forces in Law of Reaction

• Biomechanics vs major risk factors vs other factors

• Ergonomically neutral position

• ​Ergonomic stresses control

​Ergonomic Stressors

• Ergonomic stresses vs ergonomic stressors

• ​Indicators of ergonomic stresses

• Ergonomic stressors

Definition

TOPIC 4: ERGONOMIC STRESSES

Open Ended

If there was prolonged sitting in an office, can it be eliminated as control of ergonomic stresses? Why do you think so?

• Four design techniques: standardization, redundancy, population stereotypes, feedback

• 7 universal designs.

Reducing Errors

• Definition of cognitive and cognitive ergonomics

• ​Basic cognitive function of a human

• Cognitive errors and its sources

Introduction

TOPIC 5: COGNITIVE ERGONOMICS

Open Ended

List four (4) basic cognitive function of a human.

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