Ergonomic Review

The International Society Fellowes (products and office solutions) is very interested to MSD (musculoskeletal disorders) and offers on its website a great tool: a module balance very well designed ergonomically name of a character created for occasion: Super Ergo.

Purpose of this module: from a series of questions, develop your ergonomic balance and make good resolutions about your position at the workstation. For the facilitators of EPN and people working at a computer all day long and beyond, is essential for health.

Review Super Ergo Ergonomic handy

The ergonomic assessment proposed by Fellowes is built around a particular test of 19 questions asking for simple answers without ambiguity. A report is generated in the end.

Test questions

Position Monitor

• Do you have glare on your screen?
• The screen of your computer is there in front of you?
• The top of the screen is there to meet your eyes?
• The screen is there at a distance of 45-91 cm from your eyes?

Position papers

• Do you use a briefcase when you type a text?

Position the keyboard and mouse, office layout

• Do you have difficulty reaching your keyboard and mouse?
• Do you have difficulty reaching your files and your phone?

Sitting

• Are you sitting comfortably with your back right?
• Your feet are they lying flat on the floor or a footrest?
• Get your feet under your chair when you work?
• The fold of your knees touch does the edge of your seat?

Seat height, position of the keyboard and mouse

• Are your shoulders relaxed and your forearms Parallel to your desktop when you use your keyboard?
• When you use your keyboard and mouse, your wrists are they in a neutral position (that is to say, not broken or slightly lower than your elbows)?
• When you write or use your keyboard and mouse, rest your wrists or forearms on the edge of office?

Environment Workstation

• How is the brightness in your office?
• Your office is there at the right temperature?
• In terms of cleanliness, how is your working environment (including the keyboard and mouse)?

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