HSBH3014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Joint Capsule, Carpal Tunnel, Scapula

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Health Science
• Course: HSBH3014
• Professor: Richard Smith

Document Summary

Ergonomics: application of ergonomics, occupational, work place design, desk, chair, keyboard design, production line, equipment design, hand tools, vehicles. Workplace design & task analysis: lecture 5: recreation & outdoors, equipment design: backpack harness, sex specific design, sport & exercise, equipment design (tennis, human powered vehicles (bicycles, rowing) Anthropometry: anthropometry, size, shape and weight of the whole body and individual parts, large variation in human shapes, compatibility between the dimensions of the user & the workspace, equipment, furniture & clothing. Joint rom: zones of easy or maximum reach, workspace envelopes, newtonian. 4: 1sd = 34% of population = 68% as it is on both sides of the mean, from these numbers you can design things which meet 1% of population, 2. 5%, 5%, 10% Workplace design & task analysis: lecture 5: by choosing a value you know what % of the population you are affecting. Represents the population bulk, but not the majority. Specific dimensions are rare e. g. shoe orthotics,