Enabling design
Författare
Redaktör
- S Kumar
Summary, in English
Designed to meet the diverse needs of therapists, this book presents a new approach to rehabilitation that integrates ergonomics concepts to address the wide range of problems commonly encountered by professionals. The first section addresses general concepts such as anthropometry and tissue mechanics. The next section explores whole body biomechanics, demonstrating the ergonomic effects of physiological and biomechanical factors. The third section focuses on regional biomechanics, explaining the rationale for ergonomic intervention. The final section of the text offers with a detailed discussion of the ergonomic paradigm in rehabilitation, including the use of physical demands analysis.
Publiceringsår
2009
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
477-506
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Ergonomics for Rehabilitation Professionals
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Human Computer Interaction
Status
Published