Ergonomics for Rehabilitation Professionals (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Ergonomics for Rehabilitation Professionals Presents a fresh approach to rehabilitation that integrates ergonomics concepts to address the wide range of problems commonly encountered by professionals. This book addresses general concepts such as anthropometry and tissue mechanics. It focuses on regional biomechanics, explaining the rationale for ergonomic intervention.
Full description- Publisher: CRC Press Inc
- Published: 30 April 2009
- Format: Hardback 640 pages
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- Categories: Occupational / Industrial Health & Safety | Medical Equipment & Techniques | Rehabilitation | Biomedical Engineering
- ISBN 13: 9780849381461 ISBN 10: 0849381460
- Sales rank: 1,368,223
Full description for Ergonomics for Rehabilitation Professionals
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.
