ERGONOMICS

Question 1

Horizontal distance from wall to fingertip with the elbow flexed 90 degrees

Answer 1

Elbow Functional reach

Question 2

Floor to top of head. Vertical clearance for low ceilings and doorways

Answer 2

Stature

Question 3

Height of the eyes above the floor

Answer 3

Standing Eye height

Question 4

Height of the elbows above the floor

Answer 4

Standing Elbow Height

Question 5

Tip of right elbow to tip of the left elbow

Answer 5

Inter-elbow span

Question 6

Vertical distance from floor to shoulder

Answer 6

Standing Shoulder Height

Question 7

Measurement, taken horizontally at the narrowest part of the torso, typically located between the lower rib and the iliac crest

Answer 7

Waist circumference

Question 8

Floor to crotch. Clearance for obstables

Answer 8

Crotch Height

Question 9

Breadth of the hip at the widest point. Can be used to specify the minimum width of the seat

Answer 9

Hip Breadth

Question 10

Horizontal distance from the back of the wall to the fingertip

Answer 10

Forward Reach

Question 11

Vertical distance from stool to knuckles

Answer 11

Vertical Functional Grip reach

Question 12

back of wall to front of the stomach

Answer 12

Abdominal depth

Question 13

Floor to top of knee

Answer 13

Knee Height

Question 14

Horizontal distance from wall to underside of knee

Answer 14

Buttock popliteal length

Question 15

Horizontal distance from wall to front of knee

Answer 15

Buttock-knee length

Question 16

Vertical distance from seat to the top of head

Answer 16

Sitting Height

Question 17

Gives the center of the visual field of a seated worker and maximum height of a visual display

Answer 17

Sitting eye height

Question 18

Seat surface to underside of the elbow. Use as a reference point for the highest of work surfance in relation to the seat

Answer 18

Sitting elbow height

Question 19

Distance from enter of rotation of the upper limb from the seat

Answer 19

Sitting shoulder height

Question 20

Vertical distance from top of thigh to stool

Answer 20

Thigh Clearance Height

Question 21

Height of the popliteal fossa (underside of the knee) above the floow

Answer 21

Popliteal Height

Question 22

compression of nerves or blood vessels between the neck and shoulder, leading to pain, tingling and weakness in the arm

Answer 22

Thoracic outlet syndrome

Question 23

compression of the median nerve in the wrist, causing pain, numbness, and tingling in the hand and fingers

Answer 23

carpal tunnel syndrome

Question 24

inflammation of tendons (the tissue connecting muscle to bone), usually from overuse

Answer 24

Tendonitis

Question 25

inflammation of both tendons and its surrounding shealth, causing pain and restricted movement

Answer 25

Tenosynovitis

Question 26

inflammation of the tendons attached to the elbow, causing pain in the forearm (outer- tennis, inner - golfers elbow)

Answer 26

Epicondylitis (tennis/golfers elbow)

Question 27

injury to muscles (strain) or ligaments (sprain) in the lower back, leading to pain and stiffness

Answer 27

Lumbar strain/sprain

Question 28

overstretching or tearing of muscles fibers, resulting in pain, swelling, and reduced mobility

Answer 28

Muscle strain

Question 29

defined as the scientific study of people at work

Answer 29

Ergonomics

Question 30

is the study of the interactions betwees people and technology and the factors that affect the interactions

Answer 30

HFE

Question 31

biologicak differencies in hormones and genetics lead to distinct body compositions, such as differences in muscles mass

Answer 31

gender

Question 32

during growth, bodies change dramatically, anthropometric measurement are highly distinct genetic profiles that can influence body types

Answer 32

Age

Question 33

bodily dimensions of subjects in fixed (static) position

Answer 33

Structural data

Question 34

the movement of body part with respect to a fixed reference point

Answer 34

Functional data

Question 35

there are used in mechanical analysis of the loads on the human body

Answer 35

Newtonian data

Question 36

ensure that tools, workspace and system are physically compatible with the users they are design for : it helps to prevents discomforts injury and inefficiency

Answer 36

Anthropometry

Question 37

scope of ergonomics that deals with body shape, size, weight, strength, proportions, and working capacity of the human body

Answer 37

Anthropometry

Question 38

enables to properly size items including systems interfaces, to "fit" the user

Answer 38

Anthropometry

Question 39

are injuries and disorder that affect the human body movement

Answer 39

musculoskeletal disorder