Ergonomics and workplace adaptation to people with disabilities

Guimarães, Bruno

doi:10.3233/wor-152013

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“…It is a critical question asked by many inhabitants of flat in the vertical housing complex. It is a call for ergonomists to address, especially the inclusion of people with special needs who live in the small housing/flat [10]. Adapting to the various characteristics of people is an opportunity for designers and practitioners.…”

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“…In small housing/flat area, it includes ensuring work procedures which are accessible to all, providing assistive devices, and modifying public facilities which fit all inhabitants. With new technology advance, workplace accommodation may utilize voice recognition systems, screen reading systems, and hearing aids systems [10].…”

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Ergo-Biopsychosocial Approach to Support the Quality of Life of Small Housing Inhabitants

Hartono

Tjahjoanggoro²,

Tondok³

et al. 2020

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A study on the intervention of human factors engineering (known as ergonomics) on sustainable living based on biopsychological needs was conducted, taking samples of small housing inhabitants. In total, 90 participants were involved. Those who were living in small housings have a significant challenge of how to live comfortably given very limited space. The measurement of the quality of human life through WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF) and ergonomics-based usability were used to describe the current human well-being satisfaction, to propose the modified physical facilities, and to validate the proposed design and improvement. The findings showed that all implemented improvements have supported the inhabitant’s quality of life.

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Ergo-Biopsychosocial Approach to Support the Quality of Life of Small Housing Inhabitants

Hartono

Tjahjoanggoro²,

Tondok³

et al. 2020

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“…People with disabilities account for about 15% of the world population, or one billion people [1]. Within this context, the inclusion of this population in the sociallabor environment has been widely discussed and encouraged by various laws [2].…”

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“…Accordingly, it is verified that job accommodation to people with disabilities is a tough task that has encountered some difficulties, such as the lack of offering professional training to People with disabilities, the presence of architectural and organizational barriers and discrimination regarding People with disabilities functional potential [2]. Thus, it is essential to understand the interaction between People with disabilities and the elements of the work system [5].…”

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“…The implementation of ergonomics for the labor inclusion of people with disabilities has not had a special or different focus to other applications; it will always look to adapt work to the characteristics of people [2]. Chi [6] mentions that an accurate and detailed evaluation should take place, focusing on two important aspects, one concerning the individual evaluation, which consists of one's interest in the work, one's skills and disabilities which could affect the performance on the jobs available; and another one based on the ergonomic aspects, such as job demands and the characteristics of the tasks.…”

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Ergonomics and People with Disabilities

Guimarães

2015

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Fitting the task to a person with disabilities: A case of return-to-work support for a patient due to left-sided poststroke hemiplegia using tailor-made jigs-and-tools

Tani

Ichikawa

Mitani

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Journal of Occupational Health

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Background: A 45-year-old Japanese male pharmacist developed a stroke in December 2018; hence, he had left-sided hemiplegia due to the after-effects of cerebral stroke. This paper reports the return-to-work (RTW) and after RTW support for poststroke patients from a combined ergonomic and rehabilitation perspective. Methods: From April 2019 to July 2020, we visited hospitals and workplaces multiple times, making various preparations for workplace accommodation and exchanging information as follows: allowing staggered working hours; securing the flow routes in the back room; equipping a cane holder on his working desk; and adjusting the position of the work tablet. In August 2020, after RTW, we conducted a brief evaluation of residual motor function and an on-site task analysis, and we subsequently made a support tool. Results: In July 2020, his RTW was eventually realized. Moreover, as a result of introducing the tailor-made support tool, the duration of certain tasks that he had been claiming to be difficult was reduced when compared to that before support-tool use, and the average task duration before and after support-tool use was 32.8 s and 10 s, respectively (reduced by approximately 69.5%). Conclusion:To augment our efforts, hospital staff, support staff in his workplace, and his employer collaborated to make various workplace accommodations for the smooth realization of RTW before and after RTW. In the present case, the ergonomic and rehabilitation approach after RTW might have contributed to ease of task, work efficiency, and the potential for future job retention. K E Y W O R D Sergonomic and rehabilitation, poststroke, return to work, task analysis How to cite this article: Tani N, Ichikawa F, Mitani R, Akatsu J, Oda S. Fitting the task to a person with disabilities: A case of return-to-work support for a patient due to left-sided poststroke hemiplegia using tailor-made jigs-and-tools.

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Ergonomics and workplace adaptation to people with disabilities

Cited by 10 publications

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Ergo-Biopsychosocial Approach to Support the Quality of Life of Small Housing Inhabitants

Ergo-Biopsychosocial Approach to Support the Quality of Life of Small Housing Inhabitants

Ergonomics and People with Disabilities

Fitting the task to a person with disabilities: A case of return-to-work support for a patient due to left-sided poststroke hemiplegia using tailor-made jigs-and-tools

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