ERGONOMIC TOOLBOX FOR CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER

针对累积性创伤障碍的人体工学工具箱

• 批准号: 2535765
• 负责人: JAMES E SCHROEDER
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: APPLIED HUMAN FACTORS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-30 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2535765
• 关键词: bioengineering /biomedical engineering; clinical research; computer data analysis; computer human interaction; computer program /software; computer system design /evaluation; ergonomics; field study; hand; human subject; injury prevention; limb movement; monitoring device; repetitive motion injury; videotape /videodisc; work site; wrist

Cumulative Trauma Disorder (CTD) is a significant problem both in terms of suffering and cost (e.g., health care, lost productivity, workers' compensation, etc.). The demand for ergonomic intervention is likely to increase, especially when planned federal ergonomics standards are enacted. Ergonomists, Human Factors Professionals, Occupational Therapists, and other professionals working in the field of ergonomics need tools to help make their services more effective and affordable. In the proposed work, existing software will be improved and elaborated to provide a set of ergonomic tools for 1) monitoring keyboard, mouse, and application activity; 2) conducting automated on-site work sampling for job analysis and Active Risk Factor Surveillance; 3) conducting automated on-site Active CM Surveillance; 4) serving as a remote input terminal for objective ergonomic and physiological data; and 5) providing appropriate data reduction, analysis, and reporting assistance. In Phase I, software design specifications will be created based in part on feedback from a group of researchers and clinicians active in CTD. Also, an experiment will be conducted to determine the extent that inferences can be made from key input information. Finally, existing software will be expanded and subjected to a limited field test. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The costs associated with Cumulative Trauma Disorder (CTD) are prompting many organizations to seek help from ergonomics professionals. The proposed ergonomic toolbox will be marketed to such professionals as a research tool and as a clinical tool that can increase their effectiveness, leverage their contact with companies and individuals, and reduce costs.

累积性创伤障碍（CTD）在两方面都是一个重大问题