BEKANT Desk sit/stand – birch veneer/white – IKEA. For employees who have a bona fide medical issue such as discogenic back injury with referred symptoms past the knee(s), or [...]
www.haworth.com/docs/default-source/documents-files-very-task/ergonomic_seating_guide_handbook-pdf-13337.pdf?sfvrsn=0. This Haworth Brochure sent to use via Linked In provides good general [...]
Great article but I so wish Interior Designers would get the science of Ergonomics and Human Factors right. These designs are based on the science of the human factor both physical and cognitive. [...]
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 May;41(5):998-1005. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181930355. Sitting time and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Katzmarzyk PT, Church TS, Craig [...]
We all know that aerobic and strengthening exercise is one of the keys to good health. Researchers in the last 2-3 years who specialize in exercise physiology and biomechanics are finding that [...]
Optimal Performance and all of our consultants in Canada and the US advocate for the use of sitting and standing in office workplaces. In fact we have seen an increase in the number requests on [...]
Excerpts from an original Peter Budnick, PhD, CPE article with Ergoweb. Proving the value of ergonomics is a critical part of the process and where most ergonomic and design projects should [...]
Background and Case Study; One of your employees has let their supervisor know they have been having on-going issues with low back discomfort. They let HR know as well that they will be [...]
As many of our clients already know OPC Inc and our national consulting team provide recommendations in office environments; including call centres; VISA processing centres; CSR and the typical [...]
In the Ergonomics in Design section of OPC’s Blogs we talk about the use of Ergonomics and Human Factor Design in the prevention of accidents & human error. To take this theme [...]
