WORKSTATION ERGONOMICS

A large technology company in Upstate New York set out to find the optimal workstation configuration for its employees. My research team at Cornell University assisted in the decision by studying two alternate configurations. We measured the effects that two configurations had on human health and productivity.  

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Participants were allowed to adjust the workstation as they felt necessary. Measurements of desk height, keyboard angle, chair height, screen height, and screen angle were taken.

Participants were allowed to adjust the workstation as they felt necessary. Measurements of desk height, keyboard angle, chair height, screen height, and screen angle were taken.

 
Wrist angle measurements were taken with an electrogoniometer during a Fitt's test, typing task, and homing task.

Wrist angle measurements were taken with an electrogoniometer during a Fitt's test, typing task, and homing task.

 
During the task, body posture was photographed from several vantage points and then measured. Body posture was then analysed using a Rapid Upper Limb Assessment and ANSI/HFES standards.

During the task, body posture was photographed from several vantage points and then measured. Body posture was then analysed using a Rapid Upper Limb Assessment and ANSI/HFES standards.