Contemporary Ergonomics: Ergonomics For Industry

This book is a compilation of papers from an annual conference on ergonomics. The conference focuses on various aspects of ergonomics, including musculoskeletal studies, upper limb disorders, military ergonomics, drivers and driving, human/computer interaction, task analysis and decisions, and videotelephony. The book is aimed at professionals involved in teaching ergonomics, post-graduate students of ergonomics, industrial designers, production engineers, and health and safety officials.

This work encapsulates the proceedings of an annual conference on ergonomics. Among the topics covered are musculoskeletal studies, upper limb disorders, military ergonomics, drivers and driving, human/computer interaction, task analysis and decisions and videotelephony. A special emphasis of the 1992 volume on these conferences is the application of ergonomics in the industrial context. The readership of this volume is those involved with the teaching of ergonomics, post-graduate students of ergonomics and industry, industrial designers, production engineers and health and safety officials.