Ergonomics

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Hugo Bucht ITGS – HL

Ergonomics

1. What is ergonomics? Ergonomics is designing the workspace/area to fit the worker/student. The goal of ergonomics is to pervert injuries such as repetitive stress injuries and other injuries that occur over a long amount of time.

2. Top 10 tips for creating an ergonomically optimal work area. 1. Make sure that the work space (table) is at the correct height. -don’t have a very low or high table -Sources : personal experience 2. Make sure the chairs are ergonomic (support the back, shoulders …etc) -don’t have cheap, plastic, no adjustable ones. -Sources : personal experience 3. Make sure the chair is adjustable, so that the user can sit properly. -don’t buy the cheapest ones on the market. -Sources : personal experience 4. Make sure that the distance from the users face and computer screen is about 16- 24 inches. -make sure the pc screen is pushed back far enough on the table, or make it movable. -Sources : personal experience, Wikipedia

5. Make sure that the keyboard that the user types on is ergonomic. - Buy an ergonomic one. -Sources : personal experience 6. Make sure that the mouse that the user uses is ergonomic. - Buy an ergonomic one. -Sources: personal experience

7. Make sure that there is enough light in the workspace. - Too light can cause the user’s vision to be harmed -Sources: personal experience

8. Make sure that the screen is at the right height. - The screen should make the user look slightly upward. - Sources: personal experience, Wikipedia

3. Repetitive strain injury (RSI) is an injury of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems that may be caused by repetitive tasks, forceful exertions, vibrations, mechanical compression (pressing against hard surfaces), or sustained or awkward positions. - A 2008 study showed that 68% of UK workers suffered from some sort of RSI, with the most common problem areas being the back, shoulders, wrists, and hands.

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), or median neuropathy at the wrist, is a medical condition in which the median nerve is compressed at the wrist, leading numbness and muscle weakness in the hand. - CTS can be cured with surgery and most clients that have been operated don’t get it again. - A 2001 study by the Mayo Clinic found heavy computer use (up to 7 hours a day) did not increase a person's risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrome. - During 1998, an estimated three of every 10,000 workers lost time from work because of carpal tunnel syndrome.